A company of Marines races against the clock to find a Japanese rocket base.A company of Marines races against the clock to find a Japanese rocket base.A company of Marines races against the clock to find a Japanese rocket base.
Jack Palance
- Pigeon Lane
- (as Walter {Jack} Palance)
Richard Allan
- Pvt. Stewart
- (uncredited)
Edward Binns
- First Soldier in Final Tracking Shot
- (uncredited)
Robert Board
- Marine
- (uncredited)
Robert Bohannon
- Soldier
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaUS Marine and Navy units participated in the filming of this movie and after their work was finished, they went to fight in Korea.
- GoofsDuring the invasion of the enemy island, several actual World War II film clips are spliced in for realism. But in these clips, the large hull numbers on two of the ships are backwards.
- Quotes
Sgt. Randolph Johnson: Wasn't there a comment by your General Sherman about war?
Lt. Butterfield: Yeah, he said, "War is Hell." What did he know, that eight-ball never left the States.
- Crazy creditsCurrent prints open with the mid 1980's 20th Century Fox logo.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hempas bar (1977)
- SoundtracksMarines' Hymn
(uncredited)
Music from the "Gendarmes' Duet" from the opera "Geneviève de Brabant"
Written by Jacques Offenbach
Sung over the opening credits
Also played during the first landing
Featured review
Dated (very) but good (very!)
This is one of a slew of WW2 films made in the late 40's and early 50's, some better than others. This is definitely one of the better ones. This film features a whole bunch of future stars, such as Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Richard Boone, Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Jack Webb and Martin Milner. Most of them hadn't completely honed their skills yet and a couple of the performances are either a bit wooden (Malden, Wagner and Webb) or overdone (Widmark). The technology is very primitive by today's standards, yet this film holds up well. The acting aside, it seems that every effort was made to make the film as realistic as it could be. In that respect, this film is much better than some of the others of the same era. There are a lot of films from this era. If you choose to watch only a few of them, make sure this is one of the few.
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- Jan 28, 2003
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Okinawa
- Filming locations
- Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, USA(I know this, as my father was in boot camp at the time and his squad were used as extras for four days at this location, for this film.)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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