Objective, Burma!

"An American platoon parachutes into Burma to take out a strategic Japanese outpost"

Feb 17 1945 Approved 2h 22m
Action, Adventure, Drama

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Ranald MacDougall, Lester Cole, Alvah Bessie

Directed by

Raoul Walsh

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 3 Oscars. 3 nominations total

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