Merrill's Marauders (film)

Merrill's Marauders
Original film poster
Directed by	Samuel Fuller
Written by	Samuel Fuller Milton Sperling
Based on	The Marauders 1959 book by Charlton Ogburn Jr
Produced by	Milton Sperling (United States Pictures Productions)
Starring	Jeff Chandler Ty Hardin Andrew Duggan Claude Akins Peter Brown Will Hutchins John Hoyt Samuel V. Wilson
Cinematography	William H. Clothier Technicolor CinemaScope
Edited by	Folmar Blangsted
Music by	Howard Jackson Franz Waxman (uncredited score from Objective, Burma!) American Patrol by F. W. Meacham
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	June 13, 1962 (1962-06-13)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	over $1 million[1]
Box office	$1.6 million (US/Canada)[2]

Merrill's Marauders is a 1962 Technicolor war film, photographed in CinemaScope, and directed and co-written by Samuel Fuller. It is based on the exploits of the long-range penetration jungle warfare unit of the same name in the Burma campaign, culminating in the Siege of Myitkyina.

The source is the nonfiction book The Marauders, written by Charlton Ogburn Jr., a communications officer who served with Merrill's Marauders. Filmed on location in the Philippines, the economical historical epic film stars Jeff Chandler (in his final role) as Frank Merrill and several actors from the Warner Bros. Television stock company, who were then the lead actors in American television shows. The supporting cast features Ty Hardin from Bronco, Peter Brown from Lawman, Andrew Duggan from Bourbon Street Beat, and Will Hutchins from Sugarfoot.