Go Tell the Spartans
“We're getting strafed, shelled, bombed, and blasted. And it isn't even our damned war!”
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An American military advisory unit stationed in Vietnam before significant U.S. involvement draws parallels between its ineffective efforts against the Viet Cong and the failed operations of a French unit at the same location ten years earlier.
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Principal cast & crew: 25
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Edited by Millie MooreShot by Harry Stradling JrScored by Dick Halligan
Box Office
1978 · Box office
Produced on a $1.5M budget
Production budget
$1.5M
Also known as
- Die letzte Schlachtde
- La patrullaes
- Le Merdierfr
- Vittorie perduteit
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Cast & Crew
25 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Burt Lancaster
as Maj. Asa Barker
Craig Wasson
as Cpl. Stephen Courcey
Jonathan Goldsmith
as Sgt. Oleonowski
Marc Singer
as Capt. Alfred Olivetti
Joe Unger
as Lt. Raymond Hamilton
David Clennon
as Lt. Finley Wattsberg
Dennis Howard
as Cpl. Abraham Lincoln
Evan C Kim
as Cowboy
John Megna
as Cpl. Ackley
Hilly Hicks
as Signalman Toffer
Dolph Sweet
as Gen. Harnitz
Clyde Kusatsu
as Col. Minh
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