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We're getting strafed, shelled, bombed, and blasted. And it isn't even our damned war! - Go Tell the Spartans
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Title: Go Tell the Spartans

Release Date: 12 Jul 1978

Runtime: 1h 54m

Genre: War

Director: Mar Vista Productions, Spartan Film Partners

Production Companies: Mar Vista Productions, Spartan Film Partners

Overview: Go Tell the Spartans is a 1978 American war film based on Daniel Ford's 1967 novel "Incident at Muc Wa." It tells the story about U.S. Army military advisers during the early part of the Vietnam War. Led my Major Asa Barker, these advisers and their South Vietnamese counterparts defend the village of Muc Wa against multiple attacks by Viet-Cong guerrillas.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.1 (61 votes)

Cast

  • Maj. Asa Barker: Burt Lancaster
  • Cpl. Courcey: Craig Wasson
  • Capt. Alfred Olivetti: Marc Singer
  • Lt. Raymond Hamilton: Joe Unger
  • Lt. Finley Wattsberg: David Clennon
  • Cowboy: Evan C. Kim
  • Cpl. Ackley: John Megna
  • Signalman Toffer: Hilly Hicks
  • Gen. Harnitz: Dolph Sweet
  • Col. Minh: Clyde Kusatsu
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