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Go Tell the Spartans

BBC One
on BBC One London

War drama starring Burt Lancaster

Vietnam, 1964: maverick US military adviser Major Asa Barker has his own methods of dealing with regular army orders and raw recruits, and it's not by the book. When military intelligence predicts large Vietcong troop movements, Barker's skill as a soldier is about to be sorely tested.
(1977, 15)
See Films: pages 66-73 ***

Contributors

Director:
Ted Post
Major Asa Barker:
Burt Lancaster
Corporal Stephen Courcey:
Craig Wasson
Sergeant Oleonowski:
Jonathan Goldsmith
Captain Al Olivetti:
Marc Singer
Lt Raymond Hamilton:
Joe Unger
Corporal Abraham Lincoln:
Dennis Howard
Lt Finley Wattsberg:
David Clennon
Source: Radio Times

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