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Calificación de los usuarios:

6.5/10   

Director:

Edward Dmytryk

Writers:

Ben Barzman (screenplay) and
Richard H. Landau (screenplay) ...
(más)

Release Date:

31 mayo 1945 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | War

Plot:

The US Army's defense of its Philippines colony and the allied Malay countries/colonies behind it counted...

Plot Keywords:

Torture | Independence | Native Tribe | Japanese Occupation | Young Girl

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Gripping WWII movie

Cast

John Wayne	...	Col. Joseph Madden
Anthony Quinn	...	Capt. Andrés Bonifácio
Beulah Bondi	...	Bertha Barnes
Fely Franquelli	...	Dolici Dalgado
Richard Loo	...	Maj. Hasko
Philip Ahn	...	Col. Coroki
Alex Havier	...	Sgt. Bernessa (as J. Alex Havier)
'Ducky' Louie	...	Maximo Cuenca
Lawrence Tierney	...	Lt. Cmdr. Waite
Leonard Strong	...	Gen. Homma
Paul Fix	...	Bindle Jackson
Abner Biberman	...	Japanese captain at schoolhouse
Vladimir Sokoloff	...	Señor Buenaventura J. Bello
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Erville Alderson	...	(uncredited)
Robert Clarke	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Benson Fong	...	Officer making broadcast (uncredited)
Harold Fong	...	Prince Ito (uncredited)
Edmund Glover	...	(uncredited)
Kenneth MacDonald	...	Maj. McKinley (uncredited)
Michael Mark	...	Chief of Police (uncredited)
John Miljan	...	Gen. Jonathan Wainwright ('Skinny') (uncredited)
Ray Teal	...	Lt. Col. Roberts (uncredited)
Bill Williams	...	(uncredited)

Dirigida por
Edward Dmytryk

Créditos del guión
Ben Barzman		(screenplay) and
Richard H. Landau		(screenplay)
Æneas MacKenzie		(original story) (as Aeneas Mac Kenzie) and
William Gordon		(original story)

Producida por
Robert Fellows	....	executive producer
Theron Warth	....	associate producer

Música original por
Roy Webb

Fotografía por
Nicholas Musuraca		(director of photography)

Montaje por
Marston Fay

Dirección artística
Ralph Berger
Albert S. D'Agostino

Decorados
Charles Nields
Darrell Silvera

Diseño de vestuario por
Renié		(gowns)

Ayudante de dirección
Ruby Rosenberg	....	assistant director

Departamento de sonido
James G. Stewart	....	rerecording
Earl A. Wolcott	....	recordist

Efectos especiales
Vernon L. Walker	....	special effects

Music Department
C. Bakaleinikoff	....	musical director
Max Steiner	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Otros miembros del equipo
Colonel George S. Clarke	....	technical advisor (as Colonel George S. Clarke U.S.A.)
Sid Davis	....	stand-in: John Wayne (uncredited)

Production Companies

• RKO Radio Pictures (presents)

Distributors

• RKO Radio Pictures (1945) (USA) (theatrical)
• RKO Radio Pictures (1950) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• C&C Television Corporation (1955) (USA) (TV)
• Image Entertainment (1995) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• RKO Radio Pictures (1954) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)

También conocida como:

The Invisible Army
Patrulla del coronel Jackson, La (Spain) [es]
Regreso a Bataan (Chile) [es]

Duración:

95 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

West Germany:12 (f) | USA:Approved (certificate #10576) | UK:PG | Finland:(Banned) (1954) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Philippines

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Trivialidades:

The character Andres Bonifacio played by Anthony Quinn is supposed to be the grandson of Andres Bonifacio, a leader of the Philippine revolt against Spain in the late 19th century. The real Andres Bonifacio's only child died of smallpox, so he had no grandchildren.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Plugs can be seen in the barrels of the Thompson sub-machine guns which make them fire fully automatically with blank rounds.

Quotes:

Maj. Hasko: I send out 100 men, they find nothing. I send out ten men, they don't come back.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The John Wayne Anthology (1991) (TV)

Gripping WWII movie

Skip "Pearl Harbor" and rent this movie instead. This is a no-holds barred view of the Imperial Japanese and their brutality toward the Filipinos in the opening stages of World War II. John Wayne, Anthony Quinn (who recently died), Beulah Bondi, et al are splendid in their roles. The hanging episode at the school is particularly moving and horrifying. That outrage encapsulates what happened to thousands of brave Filipinos who suffered under the heel of the Japanese. See this film.