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Go Tell the Spartans(1978)

We're getting strafed, shelled, bombed, and blasted. And it isn't even our damned war!

6.2(64)1h 54m1978-07-12

War

Overview

A unit of American military advisors in Vietnam prior to the major U.S. involvement finds similarities between their helpless struggle against the Viet Cong and the doomed actions of a French unit at the same site a decade before.

Director:: Ted Post
Writers:: Daniel Ford, Wendell Mayes
Cinematographer:: Harry Stradling Jr.
Composer:: Dick Halligan
Production:: Mar Vista Productions, Spartan Film Partners
Budget:: $1,500,000
Status:: Released

Trailer

Cast

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

Maj. Asa Barker

Craig Wasson

Craig Wasson

Cpl. Courcey

Marc Singer

Marc Singer

Capt. Alfred Olivetti

Joe Unger

Joe Unger

Lt. Raymond Hamilton

David Clennon

David Clennon

Lt. Finley Wattsberg

Evan C. Kim

Evan C. Kim

Cowboy

John Megna

John Megna

Cpl. Ackley

Hilly Hicks

Hilly Hicks

Signalman Toffer

Dolph Sweet

Dolph Sweet

Gen. Harnitz

Clyde Kusatsu

Clyde Kusatsu

Col. Minh

James Hong

James Hong

The Old Man

Dennis Howard

Dennis Howard

Cpl. Abraham Lincoln