The Green Berets (1968)
Drama, War • Directed by Ray Kellogg, John Wayne, Mervyn LeRoy
Extreme Violence
Not Yet Rated
Violence Statistics
274
On-Screen Deaths
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1.9 deaths per minute
a killing every 31 sec
a killing every 31 sec
Perspective on Violence
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Film Details
Release Year
1968
1968
Runtime
142 minutes
142 minutes
Rating
Not Rated
Not Rated
Budget
Unknown
Unknown
Reality Check: 1.9 On-Screen Deaths per Minute vs. Real U.S. Wars
The real U.S. wars whose per-minute death rate comes closest to this film's — the comparison is always per minute and every war figure is U.S. casualties, never raw totals.
American Civil War
0.24/min
a death every 4 min
1861–1865 • United States
620,000 U.S. deaths
World War II
0.16/min
a death every 6 min
1941–1945 • Global
418,500 U.S. deaths
World War I
0.11/min
a death every 9 min
1917–1918 • Europe
116,516 U.S. deaths
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