The Long and the Short and the Tall

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The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961)

Directed by Leslie Norman

“Raw emotions bared !”

War, Comedy, Drama · 1h 50m

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 Pvt. 'Bammo' Bamforth Richard Todd Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem Richard Harris Cpl. Johnstone David McCallum Pvt. Sammy Whitaker Ronald Fraser L / Cpl. Macleish John Meillon Pte. Smith
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John Rees Pte. Evans Kenji Takaki Tojo

Crew

Director
Leslie Norman
Screenplay
Wolf Mankowitz
Director of Photography
Erwin Hillier
Producer
Michael Balcon

Details

Release date
1961-02-28
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
War, Comedy, Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
Michael Balcon Productions