Go Tell the Spartans

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 byTed Post
Written byWendell Mayes
Based onIncident at Muc Wa
by Daniel Ford
Produced byAllan F. Bodoh
Mitchell Cannold
StarringBurt Lancaster
Craig Wasson
Marc Singer
Jonathan Goldsmith
CinematographyHarry Stradling Jr.
Edited byMillie Moore
Music byDick Halligan
Production
companies
MarVista Entertainment
Spartan Productions
Distributed byAVCO Embassy Pictures (US/Canada)
United Artists (International)
Release date
  • June 14, 1978 (1978-06-14)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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.

  1. ^ Daniel Ford, Incident at Muc Wa (Doubleday, 1967) ISBN 0-595-08927-5