Go Tell the Spartans

Go Tell the Spartans

1978
1h 54m
6.2

6.2/10

62 votes • View on IMDb

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

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.

Status: Released

Budget: $1,500,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Mar Vista Productions Spartan Film Partners
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English Vietnamese

Quick Facts

Release Date July 12, 1978
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0077617

Cast

Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster

Maj. Asa Barker

Craig Wasson
Craig Wasson

Cpl. Courcey

Marc Singer
Marc Singer

Capt. Alfred Olivetti

Joe Unger
Joe Unger

Lt. Raymond Hamilton

David Clennon
David Clennon

Lt. Finley Wattsberg

Evan C. Kim
Evan C. Kim

Cowboy

John Megna
John Megna

Cpl. Ackley

Hilly Hicks
Hilly Hicks

Signalman Toffer

Dolph Sweet
Dolph Sweet

Gen. Harnitz

Clyde Kusatsu
Clyde Kusatsu

Col. Minh

James Hong
James Hong

The Old Man

Dennis Howard
Dennis Howard

Cpl. Abraham Lincoln

Key Crew

Ted Post
Director
Wendell Mayes
Screenplay