Never So Few (1959)

Directed by

John Sturges

Genre

war film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 04m

Rated

12

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 70 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

American soldiers in Burma during World War Two lead a guerrilla resistance against the Japanese. A captain leads his unit through dangerous missions and also falls in love.

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What happens

Never So Few is a 1959 CinemaScope Metrocolor war film directed by John Sturges and starring Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lawford, Steve McQueen, Richard Johnson, Paul Henreid, Brian Donlevy, Dean Jones, Charles Bronson and Philip Ahn, and featuring uncredited roles by renowned Asian actors Mako, George Takei and James Hong. The script is loosely based on an actual OSS Detachment 101 incident recorded in a 1957 novel by Tom T. Chamales. Sinatra's character of Captain Tom Reynolds is based on a real OSS officer and, later, sheriff of Sangamon County, Illinois, U.S. Navy Lt. Meredith Rhule. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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