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Go Tell the Spartans

Go Tell the Spartans

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 12, 1978

Runtime

1h 54m

Genres

War

User Score

62%

Original Title

Go Tell the Spartans

Production Companies

Mar Vista Productions, Spartan Film Partners

Director

Ted Post

Budget

$1,500,000

Description

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.