Movie
The Great Raid
Overview
As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war.
Details
- Release date
- 2005-08-12
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Genres
- Action, History, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Lawrence Bender Productions, Marty Katz Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Benjamin Bratt as Lt. Colonel Mucci
- James Franco as Captain Prince
- Connie Nielsen as Margaret Utinsky
- Logan Marshall-Green as Lt. Paul Colvin
- Joseph Fiennes as Major Gibson
- Marton Csokas as Captain Redding
- Robert Mammone as Captain Fisher
- Max Martini as 1st Sgt. Sid "Top" Wojo
- Mark Consuelos as Cpl. Guttierez
- Cesar Montano as Guerilla Leader Juan Pajota
- James Carpinello as Cpl. Aliteri
- Clayne Crawford as PFC Aldridge
Crew
- John Dahl - Director
- Doug Miro - Screenplay
- Carlo Bernard - Screenplay
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