Merrill's Marauders (1962) Rating: Starring: Ty Hardin, Claude Akins, Andrew Duggan, Peter Brown, Jeff Chandler, Will Hutchins Director: Samuel Fuller Category: Drama, War Studio: Warner Bros. Subtitles: English, French Length: 98 mins Want to buy?           The place: World War II Burma. The mission: drive a fatal wedge between an enemy link-up. The troops: the 5307th Composite Unit, led by Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill (Jeff Chandler) and manned by Stock (Ty Hardin), Chowbound (Wil Hutchins), Kolowicz (Claude Akins) and other young dogfaces who after a few weeks of basic training had the fate of the world loaded on their backs. Director Samuel Fuller, whose later The Big Red One is a benchmark work about GI's in World War II's European theater, turned to the war in the Pacific for Merill's Marauders. Few moviemakers capture life among the grunts as well as Fuller. He brings you up close and personal to the intense, gritty heroics of our World War II veterans.