Go Tell the Spartans (1978) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

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A unit of American military advisors in Vietnam prior to the major U.S. involvement find similarities between their helpless struggle against the Viet Cong and the doomed actions of a French unit at the same site a decade before in this bitter look at the beginnings of the Vietnam war.

Cast & Crew

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Ted Post

Burt Lancaster

Major Asa Barker

Craig Wasson

Corporal Stephen Courcey

Jonathan Goldsmith

Sergeant Oleonowski

Marc Singer

Captain Al Olivetti

Joe Unger

Lieutenant Raymond Hamilton

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Drama

War

Release Date

1978

Production Company

CFI Hollywood; Echo Films Services; Glen Glenn Sound Company

Distribution Company

United Artists Films; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 54m

Sound

Mono

Color

Color

Synopsis

A unit of U.S. military advisors are sent to Vietnam before the United States becomes heavily involved in the war. To their dismay, they find that there are great similarities with the current struggle against the Viet Cong and the actions of the French unit in that area that failed ten years before.

Director

Ted Post

Cast

Burt Lancaster

Major Asa Barker

Craig Wasson

Corporal Stephen Courcey

Jonathan Goldsmith

Sergeant Oleonowski

Marc Singer

Captain Al Olivetti

Joe Unger

Lieutenant Raymond Hamilton

Dennis Howard

Captain Abraham Lincoln

David Clennon

Lieutenant Finley Wattsberg

John Megna

Corporal Ackley

Hilly Hicks

Signalman Toffee

Dolph Sweet

General Harnitz

Clyde Kusatsu

James Hong

Corporal Old Man

Denice Kumagai

Tad Horino

One-Eyed Charlie

Phong Diep

Minh'S Interpreter

Ralph Brannen

Minh'S Aide De Camp

Mark Carlton

Captain Schlitz

Evan Kim

Crew

A J Bakunas

Maurie Beck

Assistant Editor

Allan F Bodoh

Mitchell Cannold

George Kee Cheung

Phil Chong

Jesse Corallo

Assistant Director

Jesse Corallo

Associate Producer

Jesse Corallo

Production Manager

Bob Dawson

Special Effects

Ron Dawson

Jay Depland

Kenny Endoso

Daniel Ford

Source Material (From Novel)

Robert C Furginson

Set Decorator Assistant

Dick Halligan

Music; Music Director

Bred Hamilton

Production Assistant

Jay M Harding

Sound Rerecording

Michael Kane

Assistant Director

Michael F Leone

Executive Producer

John Markanton

Technical Consultant

Bill Mauger

Wendell Mayes

Millie Moore

Aaron Norris

Edward M Parker

Jack Petty

Don Pike

Stunt Coordinator

Don Pike

Gary Pike

William Randall

Sound Recording

Jack Senter

Jeff Sinclair

Production Supervisor

Harry Stradling Jr.

Director Of Photography

Joel Westbrook

Production Coordinator

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Drama

War

Release Date

1978

Production Company

CFI Hollywood; Echo Films Services; Glen Glenn Sound Company

Distribution Company

United Artists Films; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 54m

Sound

Mono

Color

Color

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States on Video May 13, 1992

Released in United States September 1978

Released in United States Summer June 1, 1978

Re-released in United States September 7, 1987

Released in United States on Video May 13, 1992

Released in United States Summer June 1, 1978

Released in United States September 1978 (Los Angeles)

Re-released in United States September 7, 1987 (Los Angeles)

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