Go Tell the Spartans
We're getting strafed, shelled, bombed, and blasted. And it isn't even our damned war!
1978 | 114m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Ted Post |
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| Writer: | Daniel Ford, Wendell Mayes |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 12, 1978 |
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| Director: | Ted Post |
| Writer: | Daniel Ford, Wendell Mayes |
| Genres: | War |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, vietnam, vietnam war, major, 1960s |
| Production Companies | Mar Vista Productions, Spartan Film Partners |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $1,500,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 15, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Burt Lancaster | Maj. Asa Barker |
| Craig Wasson | Cpl. Courcey |
| Marc Singer | Capt. Alfred Olivetti |
| Joe Unger | Lt. Raymond Hamilton |
| David Clennon | Lt. Finley Wattsberg |
| Evan C. Kim | Cowboy |
| John Megna | Cpl. Ackley |
| Hilly Hicks | Signalman Toffer |
| Dolph Sweet | Gen. Harnitz |
| Clyde Kusatsu | Col. Minh |
| James Hong | The Old Man |
| Dennis Howard | Cpl. Abraham Lincoln |
| Denice Kumagai | Butterfly |
| Tad Horino | One-eyed man |
| Jonathan Goldsmith | Sgt. Oleonowski |
| Mark Carlton | Capt. Schlitz |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ted Post | Director |
| Daniel Ford | Novel |
| Wendell Mayes | Writer |
| Dick Halligan | Original Music Composer |
| Harry Stradling Jr. | Director of Photography |
| Millie Moore | Editor |
| Jack Senter | Art Direction |
| Ron Dawson | Costume Design |
| Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Kenny Endoso | Stunts |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 4 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 3 | 982 | 982 |