Objective, Burma!

Objective, Burma! is an Oscar-nominated 1945 war film which was loosely based on the six month raid by Merrill's Marauders in the Burma Campaign during the Second World War. The picture, made by Warner Brothers immediately after the raid, was directed by Raoul Walsh and starred Errol Flynn. A group of United States Army paratroopers led by Captain Nelson (Errol Flynn) are dropped into Burma to locate and destroy a camouflaged Japanese Army radar ... More

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  • Feb 17, 1945

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  • 2 h 22 min

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  • Objective, Burma!,
  • Der Held von Burma

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Raoul Walsh

Raoul Walsh (March 11, 1887 – December 31, 1980) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh. He was known for portraying John Wilkes Booth in the silent classic The Birth of a...

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  • 1945
  • May 13, 2003
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  • 2 h 22 min

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  • 1,765
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

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