The Green Berets

– Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for a mission in South Vietnam. First off is t..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.70 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 22 Minutes
Release Year:
1968
The Green Berets (1968)

Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for a mission in South Vietnam. First off is to build and control a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy the second mission is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General

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Producing Country:
USA
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Release Date:

27 Jul 1968

Language:

English, Vietnamese, German, Danish

MPAA Content-Rating:
G – General Audiences

All ages admitted. Nothing that would offend parents for viewing by children.

Director:

Ray Kellogg, John Wayne, Mervyn LeRoy

Writer:

James Lee Barrett (screenplay), Robin Moore (novel)

Main Actors:

John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton, Aldo Ray

Plot:

U.S. Special Forces troops ("Green Berets") under the command of Colonel Mike Kirby defend a firebase during the Vietnam war. War correspondent George Beckwith accompanies Kirby and objects to both the war and the means by which it is executed. Kirby's firebase is overrun and his troops fight bravely to retake it. Kirby and a select group of his men are then ordered on a special mission to capture a high-level Viet Cong officer.

Awards:

2 nominations.

Production:

Warner Home Video

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
25%