Lancaster plays a tough U.S. military advisor in 1964 assigned to the abandoned French outpost of Muc Wa, where he must assemble a platoon out of inexperienced American soldiers and hardened Vietnamese mercenaries. As he experiences the conditions at first hand, his doubts about the U.S. involvement grow. Read more
| Starring | Burt Burt Lancaster, Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Jonathan Goldsmith |
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| Director | Ted Post |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama |
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Lancaster plays a tough U.S. military advisor in 1964 assigned to the abandoned French outpost of Muc Wa, where he must assemble a platoon out of inexperienced American soldiers and hardened Vietnamese mercenaries. As he experiences the conditions at first hand, his doubts about the U.S. involvement grow.
| Starring | Burt Burt Lancaster, Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Jonathan Goldsmith, Jonathan Goldsmith, Marc Singer, Joe Unger, Dennis Howard, David Clennon, Evan C. Kim, John Megna, Hilly Hicks, Dolph Sweet, Clyde Kusatsu, James Hong, Denice Kumagai, Tad Horino, Phong Diep, Ralph Branne |
|---|---|
| Director | Ted Post |
| Studio | ELEVATION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 54 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1978 To Rent: DVD: 01 Sep 2008 |
Moving from the home front - and tentative or oblique treatments of Vietnam - towards confrontation with the action,... read more on Time Out
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Found it engrossing when it was first released, but very outdated now.
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A very good anti-war film but with much wider appeal to all movie fans
This is probably one of the best anti-war films I have ever seen but that is not the main thrust of my review.
This movie is quite simply very good ... read more »
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Found it engrossing when it was first released, but very outdated now.
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