Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan
Outnumbered. Outgunned. Never out of courage.
2019 · 1h 59m · R Action, Drama, History, War
Overview
Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On August 18th, members of Delta Company will face the true horror of a ruthless battle among the trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tân. They are barely a hundred. The enemy is a human wave ready to destroy them.
Director and cast
- Travis Fimmel as Major Harry Smith
- Luke Bracey as Sergeant Bob Buick
- Daniel Webber as Private Paul Large
- Alexander England as Warrant Officer Class 2 Jack Kirby
- Aaron Glenane as Captain Morrie Stanley
- Nicholas Hamilton as Private Noel Grimes
- Myles Pollard as Flight Lieutenant Frank Riley
- Matt Doran as Major Noel Ford
- Anthony Hayes as Lieutenant Colonel Colin Townsend
- Richard Roxburgh as Brigadier Oliver David Jackson
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