Ernest Borgnine is the only actor from the original The Dirty Dozen (1967) movie to appear in all four original "Dirty Dozen" movies [See: The Dirty Dozen (1967) ; The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985) ; Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987) and The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988)]
The character of Major John Reisman played by Lee Marvin in The Dirty Dozen (1967) and The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985) does not appear in this movie nor in the next "Dirty Dozen" TV movie sequel, The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988). His character was replaced by the character of Major Wright for these two movies and is played by Telly Savalas. Savalas had appeared in the original The Dirty Dozen (1967) movie as Archer Maggott where his character was killed-off.
This is the only "Dirty Dozen" movie (i.e. of the original The Dirty Dozen (1967) movie and its three television tele-movie sequels) that doesn't have an African-American as one of the Dirty Dozen.
Bo Svenson once arrived thirty minutes late to shoot a scene, where more than fifty extras - women and children - were waiting for him in cold and rainy weather. There was an argument between Svenson and Paul Picerni, and Svenson told that he was in the make up room. Picerni replied that there was no need for a make up for a war film.