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Overview

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Director:

Raoul Walsh

Writers:

Ranald MacDougall (screenplay) &
Lester Cole (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

17 February 1945 (USA) more

Genre:

War | Drama more

Plot:

A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. more

User Comments:

One of my favorites more (45 total)


Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Errol Flynn ... Capt. Nelson
James Brown ... SSgt. Treacy
William Prince ... Lt. Sid Jacobs
George Tobias ... Cpl. Gabby Gordon
Henry Hull ... Mark Williams (American News correspondent)
Warner Anderson ... Col. J. Carter (CO, 503rd Infantry)
John Alvin ... Hogan
Mark Stevens ... Lt. Barker (as Stephen Richards)
Richard Erdman ... Pvt. Nebraska Hooper (as Dick Erdman)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Operation Burma
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Runtime:

142 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (No. 10098) | Canada:G (video rating) | Norway:16 | UK:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15


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Trivia:

The story was partially inspired by "Operation Loincloth," a 1943 long-range operation in Burma by the British Chindits. However, producer Jerry Wald also admitted that much of the screenplay was based on 'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers) (1940), a film about the adventures of a long-range ranger unit during the French & Indian War. more

Goofs:

Continuity: When the company gets to the top of the hill, Nelson is carrying the machine gun, which alternates between top-up and bottom-up. more

Quotes:

Paratrooper: [upon following the dead body of young paratrooper Hollis] So much for Mrs. Hollis' nine months of pain and twenty years of hope. more

Movie Connections:

Featured in Warner at War (2008) (TV) more


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16 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
One of my favorites, 23 June 2004
10/10
Author: bjs1124 from Florida, USA

I saw this movie when it came out in 1945.As a kid of 8 years it was terrific.I watch it every time it is on TV.I can almost repeat all the dialog in it.I think the part that Henry Hull says when they find our men captured in the village.I think it is very fitting today as to what is going on in Iraq.Colorizing this movie wasn't such a good idea in my opinion.Black and white seems to add realism to the film.I have been googleing all the actors in the film.Where Errol says to Henry Hull,"you know how old the colonel is in there? 34"And our general is 37.He was right.Warner Anderson was 34 years old.Errol of course was 30.All young men who jump out of planes.However,George Tobias was 44,a little old to be jumping out of airplanes.And Henry Hull was 55.I guess he was the oldest in the cast.I met William Prince in NYC many years ago. And talked to him just about this film.I should have asked him more questions but he and I both had appointments to make.Nice guy.

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