Movie
Merrill's Marauders
Overview
Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing beyond their limits and fighting pitched battles at every strong-point.
Details
- Release date
- 1962-03-16
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- War, Drama, Action
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United States Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jeff Chandler as Brig. Gen. Frank D. Merrill
- Ty Hardin as 2nd Lt. Lee Stockton
- Peter Brown as Bullseye
- Andrew Duggan as Capt. Abraham Lewis Kolodny, MD
- Will Hutchins as Chowhound
- Claude Akins as Sgt. Kolowicz
- Luz Valdez as Burmese girl
- John Hoyt as Gen. Joseph Stilwell
- Charlie Briggs as Muley (as Charles Briggs)
- Chuck Roberson as Officer
- Chuck Hayward as Officer
- Chuck Hicks as Cpl. Doskis
Crew
- Samuel Fuller - Director
- Milton Sperling - Screenplay
- Samuel Fuller - Screenplay
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