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Go Tell the Spartans

  • 19781978
  • RR
  • 1h 54m
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6.6/10
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Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
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During the early 1960s, U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam discover the same challenges that plagued the French army in Indochina ten years prior.During the early 1960s, U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam discover the same challenges that plagued the French army in Indochina ten years prior.During the early 1960s, U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam discover the same challenges that plagued the French army in Indochina ten years prior.
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    • Ted Post
    • Daniel Ford(novel "Incident at Muc Wa")
    • Wendell Mayes
  • Stars
    • Burt Lancaster
    • Craig Wasson
    • Jonathan Goldsmith
    • Ted Post
    • Daniel Ford(novel "Incident at Muc Wa")
    • Wendell Mayes
  • Stars
    • Burt Lancaster
    • Craig Wasson
    • Jonathan Goldsmith
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    • 61User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
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    Burt Lancaster
    Burt Lancaster
    • Maj. Asa Barker
    Craig Wasson
    Craig Wasson
    • Cpl. Stephen Courcey
    Jonathan Goldsmith
    Jonathan Goldsmith
    • Sgt. Oleonowski
    Marc Singer
    Marc Singer
    • Capt. Al Olivetti
    Joe Unger
    Joe Unger
    • Lt. Raymond Hamilton
    Dennis Howard
    • Cpl. Abraham Lincoln
    David Clennon
    David Clennon
    • Lt. Finley Wattsberg
    Evan C. Kim
    Evan C. Kim
    • Cowboy
    • (as Evan Kim)
    John Megna
    John Megna
    • Cpl. Ackley
    Hilly Hicks
    Hilly Hicks
    • Signalman Toffee
    Dolph Sweet
    Dolph Sweet
    • Gen. Harnitz
    Clyde Kusatsu
    Clyde Kusatsu
    • Col. Minh
    James Hong
    James Hong
    • The Old Man
    Denice Kumagai
    Denice Kumagai
    • Butterfly
    Tad Horino
    Tad Horino
    • One-eyed man
    Phong Diep
    • Minh's Interpreter
    Ralph Brannen
    Ralph Brannen
    • Col. Minh's ADC
    Mark Carlton
    • Capt. Schlitz
      • Ted Post
      • Daniel Ford(novel "Incident at Muc Wa")
      • Wendell Mayes
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    • Trivia
      Major Asa Barker (Burt Lancaster) limps throughout this movie because Lancaster was recovering from a real-life injury to his knee. It was actually the second movie where Lancaster's knee problems had an effect on a movie's characterization. On The Train (1964), Lancaster took a day off during filming to play golf half way through the shoot. On the links he stepped in a hole and re-aggravated an old knee injury. In order to compensate for the injury, John Frankenheimer had Lancaster's character shot in the leg, thus enabling him to limp through the rest of the shooting.
    • Goofs
      Major Barker tells his executive officer that he served in Korea during the Korean War, yet he wears no Combat Infantryman's Badge. He would have earned a CIB for his infantry service during that earlier war.
    • Quotes

      Lt. Finley Wattsberg: Be careful, sir!

      Maj. Asa Barker: Wattsberg, do you love your commanding officer?

      Lt. Finley Wattsberg: Well... yes, sir.

      Maj. Asa Barker: That's fine, because I love you, too.

    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Buried Treasures: Cattle Annie and Little Britches/Go Tell the Spartans/Over the Edge/Agatha/The Wanderers/Swamp Thing (1982)

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    9/10
    Dead-on Perfect!!
    There aren't many movies about the beginning of America's involvement in Vietnam. It is fortunate that this is one of those film. Burt Lancaster is perfect as a career Army officer who recognizes early on that this war will be different from any other...and that American power may not be enough to win it. "Beastmaster" Marc Singer is wonderful as a shallow young officer so wrapped up in the boost Vietnam is going to give his career that he is immune to the madness around him. The scene in which Lancaster explains to Singer why, after three wars and a bucket full of medals, he (Lancaster) is still only a major, is priceless. Craig Wasson's portrayal of an idealistic draftee who progresses from caring about the Vietnamese, to accepting the brutality they perpetrate on each other is a chillingly accurate metaphor for the shift in American attitudes to come. Perhaps the film's best performance is by Jonathan Goldsmith, as a career NCO for whom the insanity finally becomes too much. The haunting score by Dick (Blood, Sweat & Tears) Halligan is a perfect accompaniment.
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    • Release date
      • September 1, 1978 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Vietnamese
    • Also known as
      • Valencia, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • MarVista Entertainment
      • Spartan Productions
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    • 1 hour 54 minutes
      • Color
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