Movie
Go Tell the Spartans
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1978-07-12
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Mar Vista Productions, Spartan Film Partners
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Maj. Asa Barker
- Craig Wasson as Cpl. Courcey
- Marc Singer as Capt. Alfred Olivetti
- Joe Unger as Lt. Raymond Hamilton
- David Clennon as Lt. Finley Wattsberg
- Evan C. Kim as Cowboy
- John Megna as Cpl. Ackley
- Hilly Hicks as Signalman Toffer
- Dolph Sweet as Gen. Harnitz
- Clyde Kusatsu as Col. Minh
- James Hong as The Old Man
- Dennis Howard as Cpl. Abraham Lincoln
Crew
- Ted Post - Director
- Wendell Mayes - Screenplay
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