Go Tell the Spartans
| Go Tell the Spartans | |
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| Directed by | Ted Post |
| Written by | Wendell Mayes |
| Based on | Incident at Muc Wa (1967 novel) by Daniel Ford |
| Produced by | Allan F. Bodoh Mitchell Cannold |
| Starring | Burt Lancaster Craig Wasson Marc Singer Jonathan Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Harry Stradling Jr. |
| Edited by | Millie Moore |
| Music by | Dick Halligan |
Production companies | MarVista Entertainment Spartan Productions |
| Distributed by | AVCO Embassy Pictures (US/Canada) United Artists (International) |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.5 million |
Go Tell the Spartans is a 1978 American war film directed by Ted Post, from a screenplay by Wendell Mayes, and starring Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Marc Singer and Jonathan Goldsmith. The film is based on Daniel Ford's 1967 novel Incident at Muc Wa about U.S. Army military advisors during the early part of the Vietnam War in 1964, when Ford was a correspondent in Vietnam for The Nation.
The film was released by Avco Embassy Pictures on June 14, 1978. Despite limited publicity, it received generally positive reviews, and has been noted for its antiwar themes. Critic Stanley Kauffmann considered it "the best [film] so far on the Vietnam War," and David Thomson it "a pitiless survey of an insane, inept, and criminal incursion on history."