Never So Few
1959 film by John Sturges / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Never So Few is a 1959 CinemaScope Metrocolor 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 is loosely based on an actual OSS Detachment 101 incident recorded in a 1957 novel by Tom T. Chamales.[3] 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.[4]
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Directed by | John Sturges |
Screenplay by | Millard Kaufman |
Based on | Never So Few 1957 novel by Tom T. Chamales |
Produced by | Edmund Grainger |
Starring | Frank Sinatra Gina Lollobrigida Peter Lawford Steve McQueen Richard Johnson Paul Henreid Brian Donlevy Dean Jones |
Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
Edited by | Ferris Webster |
Music by | Hugo Friedhofer |
Production company | Canterbury Productions |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $3,480,000[1] |
Box office | $5,270,000[1][2] |
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