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The Long and the Short and the Tall

The Long and the Short and the Tall

6.8/10 TMDB1961War110 minutes

Raw emotions bared !

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

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

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110 minutes
English
United Kingdom
February 28, 1961

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