Directed by:
Leslie NormanScreenplay:
Wolf MankowitzComposer:
Stanley BlackCast:
Laurence Harvey, Richard Todd, Richard Harris, Ronald Fraser, David McCallum, John Meillon, Edward Judd, John Rees, Anthony ChinnPlots(1)
Led by an all star cast, The Long and The Short and The Tall is a stark and vivid psychological anti war drama set in the Far East during WWII. The film tells the story of a group of British soldiers sent on a mission in the jungle. Attempting to approach base camp, they discover to their horror that they are about to stumble upon a Japanese stronghold. A powerful and haunting war film, adapted from the renowned stage play. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
Laurence Harvey
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1954)
The Silent Enemy (1958)
Room at the Top (1959)
Richard Todd
Ireland
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
The Longest Day (1962)
Never Let Go (1960)
Richard Harris
Ireland
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
Unforgiven (1992)
The Barber of Siberia (1998)
Ronald Fraser
UK
Best movies:
The V.I.P.s (1963)
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Ooh... You Are Awful (1972)
David McCallum
UK
Best movies:
Three Bites of the Apple (1967)
The Great Escape (1963)
Freud (1962)
John Meillon
Australia
Best movies:
The Camel Boy (1984)
The Longest Day (1962)
Wake in Fright (1971)
Edward Judd
China
Best movies:
O Lucky Man! (1973)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) (TV movie)
Jack the Ripper (1988) (TV movie)
John Rees
UK
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Holocaust (1978) (series)
Jungle Fighters (1961)
Anthony Chinn
Guyana
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
The Fifth Element (1997)
Goldfinger (1964)