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Objective, Burma!

1945 · 142 min

A grueling, methodical jungle trek that wears you down with tension and grim attrition, punctuated by sudden violence.

Tagline
An American platoon parachutes into Burma to take out a strategic Japanese outpost
Overview
A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish this well enough, but when they try to rendezvous at an old air-strip to be taken back to their base, they find Japanese waiting for them, and they must make a long, difficult walk back through enemy-occupied jungle.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • war
  • loyalty
  • isolation
  • death
Places
  • wilderness
  • military
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
war, adventure, drama, action
Directed by
Raoul Walsh
Written by
Ranald MacDougall, Lester Cole
Starring
Errol Flynn, Henry Hull, George Tobias, Anthony Caruso, James Brown, Richard Erdman, Joel Allen, John Alvin
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
142 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Japanese

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