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Merrill's Marauders

World War II drama. Exhausted by jungle fighting in Burma, a crack US army unit is ordered to march several hundred more miles to seize a rail yard and then assist the British.

Burma, 1942. A crack US army unit under the command of Brigadier General Frank Merrill captures a strategic village deep behind enemy lines. Exhausted by the jungle fighting, his men look forward to a period of rest. Then Merrill receives devastating new orders - his troops must march several hundred more miles to seize a rail yard at Shaduzup and then trek on to help the British at Myitkyina. Can he rally his embattled troops once more for a journey which could lead them to their deaths?

1 hour, 34 minutes

Last on

Tue 26 Jul 201612:45
BBC Two

Credits

Brigadier Gen Frank MerrillJeff Chandler
Lieutenant Lee StocktonTy Hardin
BullseyePeter Brown
ChowhoundWill Hutchins
Captain Abraham KolodnyAndrew Duggan
Sergeant KolowiczClaude Akins
Burmese GirlLuz Valdez
General Joseph StilwellJohn Hoyt
MuleyCharlie Briggs
OfficerChuck Roberson
OfficerChuck Hayward
DoctorJack C Williams
DirectorSamuel Fuller
ProducerMilton Sperling
WriterSamuel Fuller
WriterCharlton Ogburn Jr
WriterMilton Sperling

Broadcasts

  • Sat 6 Oct 200715:35
    BBC Two except East & Yorkshire
  • Mon 19 Dec 201114:30
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Sun 15 Mar 201512:30
    BBC Two Wales, Northern Ireland, England & HD only
  • Sat 21 Mar 201512:55
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Sat 2 Jan 201608:35
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Tue 26 Jul 201612:45
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire

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