Objective, Burma!

1945

Action / Adventure / Drama / War

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 73% · 7 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 73% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 5907 5.9K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Raoul Walsh Photo
Raoul Walsh

Top cast

John Alvin Photo
John Alvin as Hogan
Richard Erdman Photo
Richard Erdman as Pvt. Nebraska Hooper
William Hudson Photo
William Hudson as Fred Hollis
Anthony Caruso Photo
Anthony Caruso as Miggleori
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.27 GB
988*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
2 hr 21 min
Seeds 1
2.36 GB
1472*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 21 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mshields18 8 / 10

Great Movie, Now on DVD

This is one of the very best of the WWII battle films made during the war. It has excellent action sequences, and is full of the very intense emotions that were felt during that time. It's also one of Errol Flynn's best roles, as the captain of a parachute squad sent to blow up a Japanese radar station as a prelude to the allied re-conquest of Burma. Unlike many of the war films of the same era, this one is shot almost exclusively outdoors, and a considerable effort was made to make the shoot look and sound like it was actually in a jungle. Considering the film's age, the picture quality of the DVD is very good. A few of the sequences have a lot of scratches and grain, but that was because the film makes good use of real jungle war footage.A must see for fans of WWII films, or of Errol Flynn fans who want to see him in one of his best roles.
Reviewed by emanuel42 8 / 10

A unique battle field movie

This film is not just one of those propaganda or moral raising movies. I remember seeing it in the early 50's when 'battle cry',or Audie Murphy's 'to hell and back' came out on screen- while this one was black and white. In those days the Israeli army used to show this film in the Israeli 'west point' compatible academy " "Bahad 1",as part of the new officers training program and for more than one reason. First of all it is a first class demonstration what a real combat is like. Not a very flashy adventure , especially when you are outnumbered and fighting your way out from the combat zone. Then , E.F demonstrate a determined commander who possesses true leadership and understanding of his own men.He never panics , never raising voice and he is a first class professional. He is an ancestor of the much later officer played by Tom Hanks in P-Ryan... I wonder if this movie ever re-hit screen during the Vietnam war.
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