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Merrill's Marauders is a 1962 Technicolor war film, photographed in CinemaScope, and directed and co-written by Samuel Fuller. It is based on the exploits of the long-range penetration jungle warfare unit of the same name in the Burma campaign, culminating in the Siege of Myitkyina.
Merrill's Marauders: Directed by Samuel Fuller. With Jeff Chandler, Ty Hardin, Peter Brown, Andrew Duggan. During WW2, a 3000-strong American unit, known as Merrill's Marauders, battles the Japanese forces in Burma.
- (2.8K)
- Adventure, Drama, War
- Samuel Fuller
- 1962-03-16
Merrill's Marauders - (Original Trailer) A grizzled U.S. general leads his men against the Japanese in Burma during World War II in Merrill's Marauders (1962).
- Samuel Fuller, William Kissel
- Jeff Chandler
During World War II, Brig. Gen. Merrill (Jeff Chandler) commands a unit of 3000 soldiers, known as "Merrill's Marauders," on a secret mission through Burma, which is occupied by the...
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- Samuel Fuller
- War
- Jeff Chandler
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Merrill’s Marauders (named after Frank Merrill) or Unit Galahad, officially named the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), was a United States Army long range penetration special operations jungle warfare unit, which fought in the Southeast Asian theater of World War II, or China-Burma-India Theater (CBI).
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Burma, 1944: The 5307th commanded by Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill is deep behind Japanese lines marching through the dense, unforgiving jungle. They've gone undetected--so far--but the trek has taken its toll on the gaunt, fatigued soldiers.
