On Sat, 2 Jul 1994 12:59:29 -0600 Donald Larsson said: >CHINA GATE, possibly the earliest Hollywood Vietnam flick (1957), dealing >with the French phase of the struggle, before Dien Bien Phu. As I recall, >it's sort of a thinking person's GREEN BERETS, with a surprisingly solid >supporting performance by Nat King Cole. Dalio also has a supporting role. Not to get into a slanging match about what was first, biggest, or best (especially when Sam Fuller's concerned), but Warners released a feature titled Jump Into Hell, which is about Dien Bien Phu, in 1955. It was produced by David Weisbart (who produced the rather higher-profiled Rebel Without A Cause for Warners that same year) and directed by David Butler, and includes actuality footage amid the backlot combat. By coincidence or not, it also casts Marcel Dalio in a supporting part. Blaine Allan [log in to unmask] Film Studies Queen's University Kingston, Ontario Canada K7L 3N6