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The Green Berets is a 1968 American war film directed by John Wayne and Ray Kellogg, and starring Wayne, David Janssen and Jim Hutton, based on the 1965 novel by Robin Moore. Much of the film was shot in the summer of 1967.
A drama war film starring John Wayne as a colonel who leads a team of Green Berets on a mission in South Vietnam. The film features action, propaganda, and a love story, and was nominated for two Oscars.
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- Drama, War
- Ray Kellogg, John Wayne, Mervyn LeRoy
- 1968-07-27
The United States Army Special Forces (SF), colloquially known as the "Green Berets" due to their distinctive service headgear, is the special operations branch of the United States Army. [9]
Sgt Barry Sadler - Ballad of the Green Berets 1966. When The Cowboy Sings. 375K subscribers. Subscribed. 82K. 6.6M views 5 years ago. Sgt Barry Sadler Ballad of the Green Berets Live...
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A war action drama based on the novel by Robin Moore, starring John Wayne as a colonel who leads two Army detachments in Vietnam. The film features scenes of combat, propaganda, and cultural exchange with the Vietnamese people.
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A war film starring John Wayne as a Green Beret commander in Vietnam. He leads his men on missions to build a camp, kidnap a VC leader, and fight against the enemy.
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Roger Ebert pans John Wayne's film about the Vietnam War as offensive, dishonest and unworthy of the soldiers and the reality. He contrasts it with a more realistic and honest film, "A Face of War", and urges for more compassion and understanding.
