Main Cast: Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Jonathan Goldsmith, Marc Singer, Joe Unger
Release Year: 1978
Country: US
Run Time: 114 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Go Tell the Spartans is set in Vietnam during that period in which American troops were euphemistically termed "advisors". Reluctantly dispensing much of that advice is veteran American major Asa Barker (Burt Lancaster). Though he knows what works and what doesn't on the battlefield, Barker is obliged to carry out the go-nowhere policies of the American military brass. His current objective is a woebegone, barely crucial outpost, which he must defend with a handful of green soldiers and end-of-tether Vietnamese militiamen. True to his predictions, the outpost is overwhelmed by the Vietcong, who have something to fight about and are ruthless in their tactics. Before the relief troops can arrive, virtually everyone is senselessly killed, including Barker. The only survivor is Corporal Stephen Courcey (Craig Wasson), a willing draftee whose initial idealism dies along with his comrades. Wendell Mayes adapted Go Tell the Spartans from the novel Incident at Muc Wa by Daniel Ford. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Dennis Howard - Cpl. Abraham Lincoln; David Clennon - Lt. Finley Wattsberg; Evan Kim - Cowboy; Ralph Brannen - Minh's Aide-de-Camp; Mark Carlton - Capt. Schlitz; Clyde Kusatsu - Col. Minh; Phong Diep - Minh's Interpreter; Hilly Hicks - Signalman Totter; Tad Horino - One-Eyed Charlie; Denice Kumagai - Butterfly; John Megna - Corporal Ackley; Dolph Sweet - Gen. Harnitz; James Hong - Corporal Oldman
Credit
Jack Senter - Art Director, Jesse Corallo - Associate Producer, Ron Dawson - Costume Designer, Mike Kane - First Assistant Director, Ted Post - Director, Millie Moore - Editor, Michael Leone - Executive Producer, Dick Halligan - Composer (Music Score), Harry Stradling, Jr. - Cinematographer, Allan F. Bodoh - Producer, Mitchell Cannold - Producer, Bill Randall - Sound/Sound Designer, Wendell Mayes - Screenwriter, Daniel Ford - Book Author
