Merrill's Marauders

Merrill's Marauders (1962)

Genres - Drama, War  |   Sub-Genres - Combat Films, War Drama  |   Release Date - May 29, 1962 (USA - Unknown)  |   Run Time - 94 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson

Jeff Chandler stars as American brigadier-general Merrill, commanding a regiment in Burma during World War II. Surrounded on all sides by the Japanese, Merrill's Marauders nonetheless accomplish their objective-only to be ordered into another mission with barely a chance to breathe. Again and again this happens, and again and again the Marauders remain fiercely loyal to the dauntless Merrill. This "war doesn't take vacations" theme is a common one running through the combat films of director Samuel Fuller; only the censorship strictures of 1962 prohibit Fuller from fully illustrating the sheer Hell that was the Pacific War. Adapted by Fuller and producer Milton Sperling from a novel by Charlton Ogburn Jr., Merrill's Marauders represented Jeff Chandler's last film work.

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war, battle [war], death, friendship, Japan, jungle, mission [quest], soldier