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Go Tell the Spartans

Go Tell the Spartans

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

19786.21h 54m

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.

Directed by Ted Post
Written by Daniel Ford, Wendell Mayes
Box OfficeBudget: $1.5M0

Top 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

Themes & Keywords

vietnam warvietnambased on novel or bookmajor1960s

About Go Tell the Spartans

Go Tell the Spartans is a war film released in 1978 exploring themes of vietnam war, vietnam, based on novel or book, major, 1960s. Directed by Ted Post, it stars Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Marc Singer. 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.

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