Go Tell the Spartans
We're getting strafed, shelled, bombed, and blasted. And it isn't even our damned war!
1978 | 114m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Ted Post |
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| Writer: | Daniel Ford, Wendell Mayes |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 12, 1978 |
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| Director: | Ted Post |
| Writer: | Daniel Ford, Wendell Mayes |
| Genres: | War |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, vietnam, vietnam war, major, 1960s |
| Production Companies | Mar Vista Productions, Spartan Film Partners |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $1,500,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 07, 2026 Entered: Apr 15, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Burt Lancaster | Maj. Asa Barker |
| Craig Wasson | Cpl. Courcey |
| Marc Singer | Capt. Alfred Olivetti |
| Joe Unger | Lt. Raymond Hamilton |
| David Clennon | Lt. Finley Wattsberg |
| Evan C. Kim | Cowboy |
| John Megna | Cpl. Ackley |
| Hilly Hicks | Signalman Toffer |
| Dolph Sweet | Gen. Harnitz |
| Clyde Kusatsu | Col. Minh |
| James Hong | The Old Man |
| Dennis Howard | Cpl. Abraham Lincoln |
| Denice Kumagai | Butterfly |
| Tad Horino | One-eyed man |
| Jonathan Goldsmith | Sgt. Oleonowski |
| Mark Carlton | Capt. Schlitz |
| Name | Job |
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| Ted Post | Director |
| Daniel Ford | Novel |
| Wendell Mayes | Writer |
| Dick Halligan | Original Music Composer |
| Harry Stradling Jr. | Director of Photography |
| Millie Moore | Editor |
| Jack Senter | Art Direction |
| Ron Dawson | Costume Design |
| Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Kenny Endoso | Stunts |
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