John Wayne
Col. Mike Kirby
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United States. Languages. English. Vietnamese. Budget. $7 million. Box office. $32 million [1] 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.
- $7 million
- Miklós Rózsa
- June 19, 1968 (New York City)
- Michael Wayne
With John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton, Aldo Ray. 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.
- (14K)
- Drama, War
- Ray Kellogg, John Wayne, Mervyn LeRoy
- 1968-07-27
Roger Ebert criticizes the film "The Green Berets" for its dishonest and old-fashioned depiction of Vietnam and its soldiers. He calls it offensive to those who oppose or support the war, and suggests a more realistic and honest film about the war in Vietnam.
Synopsis. At Fort Bragg, a U.S. Army training camp in North Carolina, cynical newspaper reporter George Beckworth (David Janssen) is at a Special Forces briefing about the American military involvement in the war in Vietnam.
Green Berets, The (1968) -- (Movie Clip) He Sure Looks Bad Kirby (John Wayne) and staff at their Vietnamese jungle camp, reporter Beckworth (David Janssen) and Peterson (Jim Hutton) in a poker game, McGee (Raymond St. Jacques) doctoring, Coleman (Jason Evers) killed in a sudden attack, Nim (George Takei) suspects treachery, in The Green Berets ...
- John Wayne
- John Wayne
Story centers around the operations of a Special Forces Unit in Vietnam, their colonel, and a reporter who covers the action. 5,315 IMDb 5.6 2 h 21 min 1968. X-Ray G. Drama · Military and War · Compelling · Harrowing. Available to rent or buy.
