Go Tell the Spartans
Go Tell the Spartans

Movie·1978·1h 54m

Go Tell the Spartans

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

Directed By

Ted Post

Country

United States of America

Language

English

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The Story

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.

Written By

Wendell Mayes

Cinematography

Harry Stradling Jr.

Music

Dick Halligan

Editor

Millie Moore

Themes

vietnam warvietnambased on novel or bookmajor1960s

Production House

Mar Vista Productions
Spartan Film Partners

Audience Score

62%

64 votes

Skip13%
Timepass30%
Go for it37%
Perfection20%

Where to watch

Region: US

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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

Cpl. Abraham Lincoln

Denice Kumagai

Denice Kumagai

Butterfly

Tad Horino

Tad Horino

One-eyed man

Jonathan Goldsmith

Jonathan Goldsmith

Sgt. Oleonowski

Mark Carlton

Mark Carlton

Capt. Schlitz

// crew

Crew

Ted Post

Ted Post

Director

Dick Halligan

Original Music Composer

Harry Stradling Jr.

Director of Photography

Millie Moore

Editor

Wendell Mayes

Screenplay

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