Go Tell the Spartans
We're getting strafed, shelled, bombed, and blasted. And it isn't even our damned war!
1978 · 1h 54m · R
War
Directed by
Ted Post
Overview
Go Tell the Spartans is a 1978 American war film based on Daniel Ford's 1967 novel "Incident at Muc Wa." It tells the story about U.S. Army military advisers during the early part of the Vietnam War. Led my Major Asa Barker, these advisers and their South Vietnamese counterparts defend the village of Muc Wa against multiple attacks by Viet-Cong guerrillas.
Director and cast
- Ted Post Director
- Burt Lancaster as Maj. Asa Barker
- Craig Wasson as Cpl. Courcey
- Jonathan Goldsmith as Sgt. Oleonowski
- Marc Singer as Capt. Alfred Olivetti
- Joe Unger as Lt. Raymond Hamilton
- David Clennon as Lt. Finley Wattsberg
- Evan C. Kim as Cowboy
- John Megna as Cpl. Ackley
- Hilly Hicks as Signalman Toffer
- Dolph Sweet as Gen. Harnitz
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