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Operation Dumbo Drop is based on a true story about the cooperation of South Vietnamese villagers and the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War in the late 1960s. The U.S. Army viewed many villages as having a strategic value due to their proximity to enemy supply routes, such as the Ho Chi Minh trail.
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Operation Dumbo Drop: Directed by Simon Wincer. With Danny Glover, Ray Liotta, Denis Leary, Doug E. Doug. To keep the loyalty of a village during the Vietnam war, a U.S. Army officer and his unit struggle to deliver it a live elephant.
- Simon Wincer
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Jul 28, 1995 · Five Green Berets stationed in Vietnam in 1968 grudgingly undertake the mission of a lifetime -- to secretly transport an 8,000-pound elephant through 200 miles of rough jungle terrain.
Five Green Berets stationed in Vietnam in 1968 grudgingly undertake the mission of a lifetime -- to secretly transport an 8,000-pound elephant through 200 miles of rough jungle terrain. High jinks prevail when Capt. Sam Cahill promises the Montagnard villagers of Dak Nhe that he'll replace their prized elephant in time for an important ritual.
In OPERATION DUMBO DROP, two mismatched U.S. Army captains, affable Cahill ( Danny Glover) and straitlaced Doyle ( Ray Liotta ), lead a small team of inept soldiers on a mission to deliver an elephant to a Vietnamese village in time for an important ceremony.
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Operation Dumbo Drop is a 1995 American action comedy-drama war film directed by Simon Wincer that explores war, politics, and animal welfare. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Gene Quintano and Jim Kouf based on a true story by United States Army Major Jim Morris.
