Never So Few
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Theatrical release poster by Reynold Brown
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| Directed by | John Sturges |
| Produced by | Edmund Grainger |
| Written by |
Tom T. Chamales (book) Millard Kaufman (screenplay) |
| Starring |
Frank Sinatra Gina Lollobrigida Peter Lawford Steve McQueen |
| Music by | Hugo Friedhofer |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Edited by | Ferris Webster |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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124 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3,480,000 |
| Box office | $5,270,000 |
Never So Few is a 1959 CinemaScope war film, directed by John Sturges and starring Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lawford, Steve McQueen, Richard Johnson, Paul Henreid, Brian Donlevy, Dean Jones, Charles Bronson, and Philip Ahn, and featuring uncredited roles by renowned Asian actors Mako, George Takei and James Hong. The script was loosely based on an actual OSS Detachment 101 incident recorded in a 1957 novel by Tom T. Chamales. Sinatra's character of Captain Tom Reynolds is based on a real OSS officer and, later, sheriff of Sangamon County, Illinois, U.S. Navy Lt. Meredith Rhule.
Shot on location in Burma, Thailand and Ceylon, the film follows Captain Tom Reynolds (Sinatra) and his fellow OSS operatives, Captain Grey Travis (Lawford) and Corporal Bill Ringa (McQueen), leading Kachin natives in fighting the Japanese in Burma in World War II despite a lack of support from their commanders.
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