Objective, Burma!

Year:

1945

Duration:

142 min

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | War

IMDB rate:

7.4

Director:

Raoul Walsh

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars.

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1945-02-17

Filming Locations: Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

James Brown

Errol Flynn

Capt. Nelson

William Prince

Lt. Sid Jacobs

George Tobias

Cpl. Gabby Gordon

Henry Hull

Mark Williams

Warner Anderson

Col. J. Carter

John Alvin

Hogan

Mark Stevens

Lt. Barker (as Stephen Richards)

Richard Erdman

Pvt. Nebraska Hooper (as Dick Erdman)

Erville Alderson

Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell (uncredited)

Joel Allen

Cpl. Brophy - Radioman (uncredited)

Gordon Arnold

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Hugh Beaumont

Capt. Hennessey (uncredited)

Lee Bennett

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Carlyle Blackwell Jr.

Lt. Barker - Pilot (uncredited)

Truman Bradley

Narrator - Opening Sequence (voice) (uncredited)

Kit Carson

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Neil Carter

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Anthony Caruso

Miggleori (uncredited)

Jim Drum

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Stanley Dunn

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Elmer Ellingwood

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Paul Gerkin

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Larry Hall

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Louis Hart

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Abdul Hassan

Burmese Priest (uncredited)

Douglas Henderson

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Shep Houghton

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Ace Hudkins

Paratrooper (uncredited)

William Hudson

Fred Hollis (uncredited)

John James

Pilot (uncredited)

Asit Koomar

Gurkha (uncredited)

Pete Kooy

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Weaver Levy

Chinese Captain (uncredited)

Liparit

Burmese Man (uncredited)

Lester Matthews

British Maj. Fitzpatrick (uncredited)

Paul McWilliams

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Harlan Miller

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Charles Mitchell

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Charles Murray Jr.

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Bennie Novicki

Paratrooper (uncredited)

John O'Connor

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Leon O'Neal

Paratrooper (uncredited)

George Peters

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Allen Pomeroy

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Rodd Redwing

Sgt. Chattu (uncredited)

Larry Rio

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Laddie Rucker

Minor Role (uncredited)

Byron Ruggles

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Charles Schrader

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Bernard Sell

Pilot (uncredited)

John Sheridan

Co-Pilot (uncredited)

Raul Singh

Burmese Priest (uncredited)

Jack Stroll

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Paul Stupin

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Frank Tang

Capt. Li (uncredited)

Tex Taylor

Paratrooper (uncredited)

George Tyne

Pvt. Soapy Higgins from Flatbush (uncredited)

Russ Whiteman

Paratrooper (uncredited)

John Whitney

Negulesco (uncredited)

Buster Wiles

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

According to William Prince, the only direction given by Raoul Walsh was, "All right, boys, no 'Hamlets' in the jungle."

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Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, aka "Vinegar Joe", was commander of the US forces in the China-Burma-India Theatre and is portrayed in the movie by Erville Alderson, who bears a striking resemblance to Stilwell.

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Members of Merrill's Marauders, who were on location as technical advisers, critiqued the fact that Nelson's men killed all the Japanese at the radar station so quickly with none wounded or escaped. That was likely by design because any of the defenders left alive would have to be executed by the special ops troops, something that 1945 audiences would have found objectionable for American troops to do.

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Goofs

During the hilltop supply drop, the support wire from fuselage to tail on the camera plane is visible.

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The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment served in the Pacific - in New Guinea and the Philippines but not in Burma.

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As Capt. Nelson gathers and speaks to his men in a clearing after temporarily escaping the enemy at the pickup airfield, a tree in the distant background suddenly falls over and disappears.

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Quotes

Cpl. Gabby Gordon: [about Nelson to the other men] C'm'on! I'll follow him down the barrel of a cannon!

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Mark Williams: [Aghast and outraged at the atrocities] Hey, I've been a newspaperman for thirty years. I thought I'd seen or read about everything that one man can do to another from the torture chambers of the Middle Ages to the gang wars and lynchings of the day. But this... this is different! This was done in cold blood... by people who... who claim to be civilized. Civilzed? They're degenerate immoral idiots! Stinkin' little savages! Wipe 'em out, I say! Wipe 'em out! Wipe 'em off the face of the Earth! Wipe 'em off the face of the earth!

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Col. J. Carter: [Pessimistically looking at aerial reconnaisance photos] Supply bundles lying where they were dropped. Three dead men to play host to every fly in Burma.

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