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Overview

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Director:
Raoul Walsh
Writers:
Ranald MacDougall (screenplay) &
Lester Cole (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
17 February 1945 (USA) more
Genre:
War | Drama more
Plot:
A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. more
User Comments:
Against all odds the assignment gets done. more (45 total)

Cast

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Errol Flynn ... Capt. Nelson
James Brown ... SSgt. Treacy
William Prince ... Lt. Sid Jacobs
George Tobias ... Cpl. Gabby Gordon
Henry Hull ... Mark Williams (American News correspondent)
Warner Anderson ... Col. J. Carter (CO, 503rd Infantry)
John Alvin ... Hogan
Mark Stevens ... Lt. Barker (as Stephen Richards)
Richard Erdman ... Pvt. Nebraska Hooper (as Dick Erdman)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Operation Burma
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Runtime:
142 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Japanese
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (No. 10098) | Canada:G (video rating) | Norway:16 | UK:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

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All the weapons, uniforms, and gear used in this movie are original and accurate. This was possible due to the fact that these were still in use to the US military when this film was made. WW2 movies made in recent times use reproduction weapons and gear. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): During the retreat action sequence, after the firefight in the swamp, the machine gun is picked up by the barrel. more
Quotes:
Paratrooper: [upon following the dead body of young paratrooper Hollis] So much for Mrs. Hollis' nine months of pain and twenty years of hope. more
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Featured in Warner at War (2008) (TV) more

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9 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
Against all odds the assignment gets done., 25 May 2003
Author: Michael O'Keefe from Muskogee OK

Rauol Walsh directs one the greatest war films that exceeds its criticism. Errol Flynn leads a group of U.S. paratroopers on a mission to destroy an enemy radar station in Japanese-occupied Burma. The objective is accomplished, but the patrol goes through Hell as it makes its way back to base. Realistic war scenes with the more savage implied and off camera. No phony heroics, just hard fighting soldiers doing what needs to be done. Flynn is flawless and this might just be one his finest roles. A very strong cast includes: James Brown(of TV's Rin Tin Tin), Henry Hull, Mark Stevens, George Tobias, Richard Erdman, William Prince and Hugh Beaumont. No complaints about the near two and a half hour run time. Top of the line war movie shot in beautiful black and white. Produced by Jerry Wald.

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