The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961)

Directors

Leslie Norman

Cast

Richard Todd, Laurence Harvey, Richard Harris, Ronald Fraser, David McCallum, John Meillon, John Rees, Kenji Takaki

The story

During the Japanese invasion of Burma in 1942, a seven-strong British sonic deception unit on a short jungle exercise hides from the rain in a hut at an abandoned tin mine. The men constantly bicker, often provoked by the bullying Corporal Johnstone or the forever mocking Bamforth. While Sergeant Mitchem and Corporal Johnstone are reconnoitering, Lance-Corporal Macleish ("Mac"), provoked, beats up Bamforth.

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