Objective, Burma!
Seen it?1945 | 142 min | War, Adventure, Drama, Action
Sunday Safe Betearly ratingWhy it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
It earned strong reviews (86% on Rotten Tomatoes), though it had soft box office and little lasting buzz. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for action fans and history buffs. If you loved Lifeboat or The Guns of Navarone, start here. Critics rate it higher than audiences do, so it rewards patience more than it chases thrills.
- The mood
- Intense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr 22 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1945: an older pace and style.
- Audiences were cooler on it than critics.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsStrong
86% on Rotten Tomatoes, 79 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
7.0 out of 10
- AwardsSolid
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 15K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Raoul Walsh
- Errol FlynnCapt. Nelson
- Henry HullMark Williams
- George TobiasCpl. Gabby Gordon
- Anthony CarusoMiggleori
- James BrownSSgt. Treacy
- Richard ErdmanPvt. Nebraska Hooper
- Joel AllenCpl. Brophy - Radioman
- John AlvinHogan
- William HudsonFred Hollis
- George TynePvt. Soapy Higgins