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The Long and the Short and the Tall

NR
Movie
1961
1h 50m
English
War, Comedy, Drama
Based on a play by Willis Hall. A troop of British soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises and troop noises in the jungle so that the recordings can be played back by other troops to divert the enemy to their whereabouts. As they progress to what they think is closer to the base camp they find themselves farther and farther from radio range until the only channel they can get clearly is that of a Japanese broadcast. They now realize they are probably only 10 to 15 miles from a Japanese camp! The tension is added to by rowdy and openly admitted "non-hero" Private Bamforth who has nothing good to say about anyone and especially Corporal Johnstone (who holds an equal dislike for Bamforth). When a Japanese soldier is taken as their prisoner, the true colours of each man comes to the surface
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6.5
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CRITIC SCORE
58

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Laurence Harvey
Pvt. 'Bammo' Bamforth
Richard Todd
Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem
Richard Harris
Cpl. Johnstone
David McCallum
Pvt. Sammy Whitaker
Ronald Fraser
L / Cpl. Macleish
John Meillon
Pte. Smith
John Rees
Pte. Evans
Directed By: Leslie Norman
Written By: Wolf Mankowitz (Screenplay), Willis Hall (Story)

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drystyx
2 years ago
Powerful war drama.
This film is IMO, the greatest war film ever made, and maybe the greatest film.
Seven UK soldiers in WW2 find themselves in a predicament they didn't expect.
They were supposed to run a "test" so to speak, and not see real action. That's why four of the seven are not trained More
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