The Long and the Short and the Tall

The Long and the Short and the Tall

1961
1h 50m
6.8

6.8/10

26 votes • View on IMDb

"Raw emotions bared !"

Overview

Based on a play by Willis Hall. A troop of British soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises and troop noises in the jungle so that the recordings can be played back by other troops to divert the enemy to their whereabouts. As they progress to what they think is closer to the base camp they find themselves farther and farther from radio range until the only channel they can get clearly is that of a Japanese broadcast. They now realize they are probably only 10 to 15 miles from a Japanese camp! The tension is added to by rowdy and openly admitted "non-hero" Private Bamforth who has nothing good to say about anyone and especially Corporal Johnstone (who holds an equal dislike for Bamforth). When a Japanese soldier is taken as their prisoner, the true colours of each man comes to the surface

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Michael Balcon Productions
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date February 28, 1961
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0054037

Cast

Laurence Harvey
Laurence Harvey

Pvt. 'Bammo' Bamforth

Richard Todd
Richard Todd

Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem

Richard Harris
Richard Harris

Cpl. Johnstone

David McCallum
David McCallum

Pvt. Sammy Whitaker

Ronald Fraser
Ronald Fraser

L / Cpl. Macleish

John Meillon
John Meillon

Pte. Smith

John Rees
John Rees

Pte. Evans

Kenji Takaki
Kenji Takaki

Tojo

Key Crew

Leslie Norman
Director
Wolf Mankowitz
Screenplay
Michael Balcon
Producer