War · United States of America · 1978 · 1h 54m

Go Tell the Spartans

Go Tell the Spartans poster
Director
Ted Post
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
Crew
Harry Stradling Jr. — Director of Photography Millie Moore — Editor Dick Halligan — Original Music Composer Wendell Mayes — Screenplay Daniel Ford — Novel Ron Dawson — Costume Design
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Go Tell the Spartans — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
vietnam warvietnambased on novel or bookmajor1960s
Key Collaborators
Ted Post Director Harry Stradling Jr. Director of Photography Millie Moore Editor Dick Halligan Original Music Composer Wendell Mayes Screenplay Daniel Ford Novel Ron Dawson Costume Design
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