How they fought those last 500 miles will remain forever in your memory!
Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing beyond their limits and fighting pitched battles at every strong-point.
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- John Chardon TMDB · Feb 20149/10
Battle for Burma. Merrill’s Marauders is directed by Samuel Fuller, who also co-adapts the screenplay with Milton Sperling from the book, The Marauders, written by Charlton Ogburn Jr. It stars Jeff Chandler, Ty Hardin, Andrew Duggan, Claude Akins, Peter brown, Will Hutchins and John Hoyt. A Cinemascope/Technicolor production with music by Howard Jackson and cinematography by William H. Clothier. Cracker-jack war movie, packed to the rafters with blood, sweat and tears, and best of all, gritty realism. Story is about the warfare unit led by Frank Merrill (Chandler) during the Burmese campaign in 1944. Their mission was to destroy Japanese bases to avert the Japanese from making their way into India and onto a rendezvous with Hitler’s forces. Their efforts was a success but it came at great cost of lives. Fuller, an ex-soldier himself, isn’t interested in glorifying war for entertainment purpose, he wants to keep the focus on the men and what the mission does to them, both physically and mentally. The mission was only meant to be a short sharp shocker, but they keep getting “requested” to push on further beyond what was originally required, pushed to their limits by their leader who
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Cast
- Jeff ChandlerBrig. Gen. Frank D. Merrill
- Ty Hardin2nd Lt. Lee Stockton
- Peter BrownBullseye
- Andrew DugganCapt. Abraham Lewis Kolodny, MD
- Will HutchinsChowhound
- Claude AkinsSgt. Kolowicz
- Luz ValdezBurmese girl
- John HoytGen. Joseph Stilwell
- Charlie BriggsMuley (as Charles Briggs)
- Chuck RobersonOfficer
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- Samuel FullerDirector
- Milton SperlingScreenplay
- Samuel FullerScreenplay
- Charlton Ogburn Jr.Novel
- William H. ClothierDirector of Photography
- Howard JacksonOriginal Music Composer
- Folmar BlangstedEditor
- Milton SperlingProducer
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