Operation Dumbo Drop

(1995)

★ 5.2 IMDb · 197 votes

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family

Year: 1995

Runtime: 108 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Simon Wincer

Cast: Дэнни Гловер, Рэй Лиотта, Денис Лири, Doug E. Doug, Corin Nemec, Dinh Thien Le, Чеки Карио, Hoang Ly, Vo Trung Anh, Marshall Bell

Plot

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. But for Capt. T.C. Doyle, the mission becomes a jumbo-sized headache!

During the Vietnam War, a village that American forces are using to spy on the Ho Chi Minh Trail has its sacred elephant killed by the North Vietnamese Army because they were cooperating with the Americans. The villagers need an elephant for a ceremony that will occur within the week. Captain Sam Cahill, an easygoing man who is heading home, and his hotheaded replacement Captain TC Doyle scrounge up another elephant with the help of sneaky supply chief warrant officer David Poole, luckless farmboy Lawrence Farley, and short-timer Harvey Ashford, and transport it across South Vietnam to get it to the village on time, running into all sorts of transport problems, personality conflicts, and an NVA squad that wants the Americans out of the village.