‘Merrill’s Marauders’: A Brutal Struggle With the Jungle

Soldiers battle the enemy hidden in Burma’s jungle during World War II.

Welcome to the Burmese jungle, in “Merrill's Marauders.” Warner Bros.

NR | 1h 38m | Adventure, Drama, War | 1962

The grueling jungle conflict in Burma was oddly neglected in films about World War II. There were few exceptions, such as, “Objective, Burma!” (1945), “The Purple Plain” (1954), and the epic “The Bridge on the River Kwai” (1957). Most WWII movies about war in the Pacific Theater were set elsewhere, such as Guadalcanal or Wake Island.