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Brushfire (1962)

Brushfire poster
Directed by
Jack M. Warner
Genre
war film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
NR
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An American soldier leads a small group through a jungle during a minor war in Southeast Asia. The team must complete their mission while facing enemy patrols and the harsh terrain.

low-budgetjunglewartensedatedseriousblack-and-whitegritty

What happens

Brushfire! is a 1962 low budget black-and-white jungle warfare adventure exploitation film produced, directed and co-written by Jack Warner Jr the only son of Jack L. Warner of Warner Bros. Warner planned on making two more films under his Obelisk Productions company but they were never produced. It was filmed at the time of the beginning of American involvement in Viet Nam and Laos brushfire conflicts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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