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The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961)

NR ★ 6.8/10 110 min War, Comedy, Drama United Kingdom English
Director: Leslie Norman
Story by: Willis Hall
Screenplay by: Wolf Mankowitz
Streaming: Not available
Raw emotions bared !

Description

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

Top Cast

Laurence Harvey
Laurence Harvey Pvt. 'Bammo' Bamforth
Richard Todd
Richard Todd Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem
Richard Harris
Richard Harris Cpl. Johnstone
David McCallum
David McCallum Pvt. Sammy Whitaker
Ronald Fraser
Ronald Fraser L / Cpl. Macleish
John Meillon
John Meillon Pte. Smith
John Rees Pte. Evans
Kenji Takaki
Kenji Takaki Tojo

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