Go Tell the Spartans (1978)

  • NR
  • 09/01/1978 (US)
  • War
  • 1h 54m

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.

Ted Post

Director

Daniel Ford

Novel

Wendell Mayes

Writer

Cast

Burt Lancaster's headshot

Burt Lancaster

Maj. Asa Barker
Craig Wasson's headshot

Craig Wasson

Cpl. Courcey
Marc Singer's headshot

Marc Singer

Capt. Alfred Olivetti
Joe Unger's headshot

Joe Unger

Lt. Raymond Hamilton
David Clennon's headshot

David Clennon

Lt. Finley Wattsberg
Evan C. Kim's headshot

Evan C. Kim

Cowboy
John Megna's headshot

John Megna

Cpl. Ackley
Hilly Hicks's headshot

Hilly Hicks

Signalman Toffer

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