Go Tell the Spartans (1978)

6.2/10 114 min 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.

Cast

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

Denice Kumagai

Butterfly

Tad Horino

One-eyed man

Jonathan Goldsmith

Sgt. Oleonowski

Mark Carlton

Capt. Schlitz

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