"A unit of American military advisors in Vietnam prior to the major U.S. involvement finds similarities between their helpless struggle against the Viet Cong and the doomed actions of a French unit at the same site a decade before."
Burt Lancaster
as Maj. Asa Barker
Craig Wasson
as Cpl. Courcey
Marc Singer
as Capt. Alfred Olivetti
Joe Unger
as Lt. Raymond Hamilton
David Clennon
as Lt. Finley Wattsberg
Evan C. Kim
as Cowboy
John Megna
as Cpl. Ackley
Hilly Hicks
as Signalman Toffer
Dolph Sweet
as Gen. Harnitz
Clyde Kusatsu
as Col. Minh
James Hong
as The Old Man
Dennis Howard
as Cpl. Abraham Lincoln
Denice Kumagai
as Butterfly
Tad Horino
as One-eyed man
Jonathan Goldsmith
as Sgt. Oleonowski
Mark Carlton
as Capt. Schlitz
Wendell Mayes
Writer
Daniel Ford
Novel
Ted Post
Director
Kenny Endoso
Stunts
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Dick Halligan
Original Music Composer
Ron Dawson
Costume Design
Harry Stradling Jr.
Director of Photography
Jack Senter
Art Direction
Millie Moore
Editor