For the story by Jerry Pournelle, see The Prince (Pournelle). For the original Classical Greek epitaph, see Battle of Thermopylae § Epitaph of Simonides.
Go Tell the Spartans
Theatrical poster
Directed by
Ted Post
Written by
Wendell Mayes
Based on
Incident at Muc Wa 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)
Release date
June 14, 1978 (1978-06-14)
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 and starring Burt Lancaster. The film is based on Daniel Ford's 1967 novel Incident at Muc Wa[1] 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.
^Daniel Ford, Incident at Muc Wa (Doubleday, 1967) ISBN 0-595-08927-5
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