The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961)
The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961)
Raw emotions bared !
Based on a play by Willis Hall. A troop of British soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises and troop noises in the jungle so that the recordings can be played back by other troops to divert the enemy to their whereabouts. As they progress to what they think is closer to the base camp they find themselves farther and farther from radio range until the only channel they can get clearly is that of a Japanese broadcast. They now realize they are probably only 10 to 15 miles from a Japanese camp! The tension is added to by rowdy and openly admitted "non-hero" Private Bamforth who has nothing good to say about anyone and especially Corporal Johnstone (who holds an equal dislike for Bamforth). When a Japanese soldier is taken as their prisoner, the true colours of each man comes to the surface

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Cast

Laurence Harvey Laurence Harvey As: Pvt. 'Bammo' Bamforth
Richard Todd Richard Todd As: Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem
Richard Harris Richard Harris As: Cpl. Johnstone
David McCallum David McCallum As: Pvt. Sammy Whitaker
Ronald Fraser Ronald Fraser As: L / Cpl. Macleish
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Based on a play by Willis Hall. A troop of British soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises and troop noises in the jungle so that the recordings can be played back by other troops to divert the enemy to their whereabouts. As they progress to what they think is closer to the base camp they find themselves farther and farther from radio range until the only channel they can get clearly is that of a Japanese broadcast. They now realize they are probably only 10 to 15 miles from a Japanese camp! The tension is added to by rowdy and openly admitted "non-hero" Private Bamforth who has nothing good to say about anyone and especially Corporal Johnstone (who holds an equal dislike for Bamforth). When a Japanese soldier is taken as their prisoner, the true colours of each man comes to the surface


Tagline: Raw emotions bared !
Certification: NR

Details

Genres: War, Comedy, Drama

Language: English

Release Date: 28 February 1961

Country: GB

Runtime: 110m

Company Credits

Company: Michael Balcon Productions

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Cast

Laurence Harvey

Laurence Harvey

Pvt. 'Bammo' Bamforth

Richard Todd

Richard Todd

Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem

Richard Harris

Richard Harris

Cpl. Johnstone

David McCallum

David McCallum

Pvt. Sammy Whitaker

Ronald Fraser

Ronald Fraser

L / Cpl. Macleish

John Meillon

John Meillon

Pte. Smith

John Rees

John Rees

Pte. Evans

Kenji Takaki

Kenji Takaki

Tojo

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Erwin Hillier

Erwin Hillier

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