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The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961)

ALL 02/28/1961 (en) War, Comedy, Drama 110 Min
  • Release
    02/28/1961
  • Production
    Michael Balcon Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    70.87%
  • Original title
    The Long and the Short and the Tall
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Raw emotions bared !

Overview

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

  1. Leslie Norman

    Director

  2. Willis Hall

    Story

  3. Editor

  4. Michael Balcon

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Laurence Harvey

    Pvt. 'Bammo' Bamforth

  2. Richard Todd

    Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem

  3. Richard Harris

    Cpl. Johnstone

  4. David McCallum

    Pvt. Sammy Whitaker

  5. Ronald Fraser

    L / Cpl. Macleish

  6. John Meillon

    Pte. Smith

  7. John Rees

    Pte. Evans

  8. Kenji Takaki

    Tojo

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 8 , Crews : 5

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The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961) 110 Min

ALL 02/28/1961 (en)
War, Comedy, Drama
  • Release 02/28/1961
  • Production
    Michael Balcon Productions
  • Original title The Long and the Short and the Tall
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Raw emotions bared !

Overview

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

  1. Leslie Norman

    Director

  2. Willis Hall

    Story

  3. Editor

  4. Michael Balcon

    Producer



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