Go Tell the Spartans is a competent war film, to be sure, but there's no directorial commitment, no vision.
Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
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Fresh:2
Rotten:2
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Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: An less-well-known Vietnam War picture with an interesting point of view formed while memories of the war were still fresh. Lancaster plays a tough U.S. military advisor in 1964 assigned to the... An less-well-known Vietnam War picture with an interesting point of view formed while memories of the war were still fresh. Lancaster plays a tough U.S. military advisor in 1964 assigned to the abandoned French outpost of Muc Wa, where he must assemble a platoon out of inexperienced American soldiers and hardened Vietnamese mercenaries. As he the conditions at first hand, his doubts about the U.S. involvement grow. [More]
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Jonathan Goldsmith, Marc Singer
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Jonathan Goldsmith, Marc Singer, Joe Unger, Dennis Howard, David Clennon, Evan Kim, John Megna, Hilly Hicks
Director: Ted Post
Director: Ted Post
Screenwriter: Wendell Mayes
Producer: Allan F. Bodoh, Mitchell Cannold
Composer: Dick Halligan
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This is a solid and memorable film about American military involvement in Vietnam.
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