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Quick Info

Rating

6.5/10

Release2005

Runtime2h 12m

StatusReleased

Budget$80,000,000

Revenue$10,166,502

Production

Lawrence Bender Productions

Marty Katz Productions

Movie

The Great Raid

2005

2h 12m

6.5

Action

History

War

Synopsis

As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war.

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