Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan

2019 · 1h59 · Film

Directed by Kriv Stenders

Starring Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey, Daniel Webber, Alexander England, Aaron Glenane, Nicholas Hamilton, Myles Pollard, Matt Doran, Anthony Hayes, Richard Roxburgh

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Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On August 18th, members of Delta Company will face the true horror of a ruthless battle among the trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tân. They are barely a hundred. The enemy is a human wave ready to destroy them.

Original language

English

Screenplay

Stuart Beattie, Jack Brislee, James Nicholas, Karel Segers

Music

Caitlin Yeo

Cinematography

Ben Nott

Cast

Alexander England, Aaron Glenane, Nicholas Hamilton, Myles Pollard, Matt Doran, Anthony Hayes, Richard Roxburgh, Toby Blome, Uli Latukefu

Updated July 22, 2026

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