Go Tell the Spartans

Synopsis

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.

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

James HongThe Old Man

Dennis HowardCpl. Abraham Lincoln

Denice KumagaiButterfly

Tad HorinoOne-eyed man

Jonathan GoldsmithSgt. Oleonowski

Mark CarltonCapt. Schlitz

Crew

Director

Ted Post

Director of Photography

Harry Stradling Jr.

Editor

Millie Moore

Original Music Composer

Dick Halligan

Screenplay

Wendell Mayes