Synopsis
A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish this well enough, but when they try to rendezvous at an old air-strip to be taken back to their base, they find Japanese waiting for them, and they must make a long, difficult walk back through enemy-occupied jungle.
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Cast
- Errol FlynnCapt. Nelson
- Henry HullMark Williams
- George TobiasCpl. Gabby Gordon
- Anthony CarusoMiggleori
- James BrownSSgt. Treacy
- Richard ErdmanPvt. Nebraska Hooper
- Joel AllenCpl. Brophy - Radioman
- John AlvinHogan
- William HudsonFred Hollis
- George TynePvt. Soapy Higgins
Recommendations
- 100
TV Guide Magazine
Flynn gives one of his most convincing and powerful performances, and Raoul Walsh's direction is nothing less than excellent, with the great action director maintaining a harrowing pace, providing a wealth of interesting military detail, and delivering one thrilling scene after another. - 90
The New York Times
Objective, Burma, directed exceedingly well by Raoul Walsh from a first-class script by Ranald MacDougall and Lester Cole, is a stirring tribute to the sterling fighting men who helped to reopen Burma after the initial Japanese onslaught in the Pacific. - 88
Chicago Tribune
The British hated it (because their soldiers took Burma), but this is a rock-solid Walsh actioner, with Errol Flynn, James Brown and Henry Hull. [06 Apr 2007, p.C7] - 80
The Guardian
It's a piece of almost instant history – and, as such, it gets the technical and cultural details of military life spot on. - 80
Chicago Reader
The film is long (142 minutes), claustrophobic, and intense, yet it works with elegance and rigor, like a philosophical problem stated and solved. - 80
Orlando Sentinel
Objective Burma!, which is directed strikingly by Raoul Walsh and has a documentary aura to it, is one of the finest and most realistic World War II dramas made during the war. [25 Oct 1992, p.61] - 75
The Seattle Times
Raoul Walsh's lengthy, relatively gritty 1945 war movie stars Errol Flynn as the leader of a paratrooper group that goes after a key Japanese target. [02 Sep 1999] - 70
Time Out
The taut action, sparse dialogue, and faultless technique keep things moving so fast that there's no time to reflect upon the morality of war or the miraculous way in which Flynn and his men survive against such overwhelming odds.
