During WW2, a reconnaissance platoon is sent to map out a Japanese-held island but racial tensions arise between the white soldiers and the only black member of the group.During WW2, a reconnaissance platoon is sent to map out a Japanese-held island but racial tensions arise between the white soldiers and the only black member of the group.During WW2, a reconnaissance platoon is sent to map out a Japanese-held island but racial tensions arise between the white soldiers and the only black member of the group.
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- 1 win & 1 nomination
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- TriviaThis was the first Hollywood movie to be officially be permitted to use the word "nigger" after The Emperor Jones (1933). Previously, the Hays Code had forbidden it since 1934.
- GoofsThe Army Recon Team's helmets are fitted with manufactured camouflaged covers. In W.W.II, these were strictly a Marine Corps- issued item.
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Mingo: Yeah, I'll never forget the first letter I got from my wife. It started, "My darling, darling, darling, I'll never again use the word 'love' without thinking only of you." And I remember the last one I got from her. It started, "Dear T.J., this is the hardest letter I've ever had to write."
- Crazy creditsThe initial credits play over actual footage of battles from the Pacific campaign.
- ConnectionsEdited into Dynamite Chicken (1971)
- Soundtracks(Sometimes I Feel Like a) Motherless Child
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- May 24, 2006
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- High Noon
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- Malibu, California, USA(navy PT boat scene)
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- $375,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1