Go Tell the Spartans

Go Tell the Spartans

114 mins | War | July 12, 1978

Go Tell the Spartans is a 1978 American war film based on Daniel Ford's 1967 novel "Incident at Muc Wa." It tells the story about U.S. Army military advisers during the early part of the Vietnam War. Led my Major Asa Barker, these advisers and their South Vietnamese counterparts defend the village of Muc Wa against multiple attacks by Viet-Cong guerrillas.

Go Tell the Spartans

114 mins | War | July 12, 1978

Go Tell the Spartans
Go Tell the Spartans is a 1978 American war film based on Daniel Ford's 1967 novel "Incident at Muc Wa." It tells the story about U.S. Army military advisers during the early part of the Vietnam War. Led my Major Asa Barker, these advisers and their South Vietnamese counterparts defend the village of Muc Wa against multiple attacks by Viet-Cong guerrillas.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Mar Vista Productions, Spartan Productions Inc.
Original title Go Tell the Spartans
Directors Ted Post
Writers Daniel Ford, Wendell Mayes

Cast

Burt Lancaster

as Maj. Asa Barker

Craig Wasson

as Cpl. Courcey

Marc Singer

as Capt. Alfred Olivetti

Joe Unger

as Lt. Raymond Hamilton

David Clennon

as Lt. Finley Wattsberg

Evan C. Kim

as Cowboy

John Megna

as Cpl. Ackley

Hilly Hicks

as Signalman Toffer

Dolph Sweet

as Gen. Harnitz

Clyde Kusatsu

as Col. Minh

James Hong

as The Old Man

Dennis Howard

as Cpl. Abraham Lincoln

Denice Kumagai

as Butterfly

Tad Horino

as One-eyed man

Jonathan Goldsmith

as Sgt. Oleonowski