We're getting strafed, shelled, bombed, and blasted. And it isn't even our damned war!
A unit of American military advisors in Vietnam prior to the major U.S. involvement finds similarities between their helpless struggle against the Viet Cong and the doomed actions of a French unit at the same site a decade before.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and unpretentious.
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- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Burt LancasterMaj. Asa Barker
- Craig WassonCpl. Courcey
- Marc SingerCapt. Alfred Olivetti
- Joe UngerLt. Raymond Hamilton
- David ClennonLt. Finley Wattsberg
- Evan C. KimCowboy
- John MegnaCpl. Ackley
- Hilly HicksSignalman Toffer
- Dolph SweetGen. Harnitz
- Clyde KusatsuCol. Minh
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- Ted PostDirector
- Wendell MayesScreenplay
- Daniel FordNovel
- Harry Stradling Jr.Director of Photography
- Dick HalliganOriginal Music Composer
- Millie MooreEditor
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