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Go Tell the Spartans

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Go Tell the Spartans
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R,1hr 54min
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January 1, 1978
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HBO Home Video
Synopsis: 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 ... Full Synopsis
Featured Cast
Maj. Asa Barker
Corporal Courcey
Sgt. Oleanowski
Sgt. Oleanowski
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