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Go Tell the Spartans

Year:

1978

Duration:

114 min

Genres:

Action | Drama | War

IMDB rate:

6.8

Director:

Ted Post

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1978-09-01

Earnings

Gross: HKD 160,832 (Hong Kong) ( 1978)

Cast

Actor

Character

David Clennon

John Megna

Burt Lancaster

Maj. Asa Barker

Craig Wasson

Cpl. Stephen Courcey

Jonathan Goldsmith

Sgt. Oleonowski

Marc Singer

Capt. Alfred Olivetti

Joe Unger

Lt. Raymond Hamilton

Dennis Howard

Cpl. Abraham Lincoln

Evan C. Kim

Cowboy (as Evan Kim)

Hilly Hicks

Signalman Toffer

Dolph Sweet

Gen. Harnitz

Clyde Kusatsu

Col. Minh

James Hong

The Old Man

Denice Kumagai

Butterfly

Tad Horino

One-eyed man

Phong Diep

Minh's Interpreter

Ralph Brannen

Col. Minh's ADC

Mark Carlton

Capt. Schlitz

Dabney Coleman

Helicopter pilot (uncredited)

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Trivia

The psychological operations model, The "Incident Flow Priority Indicator", used by Lt. Wattsberg is still used today by the US Army. It now uses computer databases rather than color charts.

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The film's source "Incident at Muc Wa" novel by Daniel Ford was first published in hardback in 1967, whilst in 1968 it was first published in paperback and in hardback in the UK. The book was translated into Dutch around 1972/1973 and the novel re-released in 1976 as "Go Tell the Spartans".

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'Time Out' said that this picture was "one of the first 'platoon movies' of Vietnam".

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Goofs

Many of the American soldiers, especially Corporal Coucey and the executive officer, have hair styles that are much longer than allowed by Army regulations.

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Burt Lancaster (Maj Barker) was about 64 years old when this movie was made. No real Army major would be able to stay in the service until that advanced age. He would have been retired at a much younger age as a result of being continually passed over for promotion, as Major Barker had been.

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Both Corporal Coucey and Corporal Lincoln salute Major Barker incorrectly when they report to him for duty. Instead of saluting, waiting for the major to return the salute, then dropping theirs, both men quickly drop their salutes before Barker even begins his.

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Quotes

Cpl. Courcey: [to a wounded, one-eyed Viet Cong scout] I'm going home, Charlie... if they'll let me.

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Gen. Harnitz: Ol' Barker might just come down here and shoot my balls off.

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Maj. Asa Barker: Are you sure we're not in a looney bin? Sometimes I think we're in a goddamn looney bin!

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