During World War II, an American woman posing as an Italian cabaret owner spies on the Japanese in Manila but becomes the target of a suspicious Japanese intelligence officer.During World War II, an American woman posing as an Italian cabaret owner spies on the Japanese in Manila but becomes the target of a suspicious Japanese intelligence officer.During World War II, an American woman posing as an Italian cabaret owner spies on the Japanese in Manila but becomes the target of a suspicious Japanese intelligence officer.
- Lolita
- (as Chabing)
- Zig Zag
- (as Freddie Revelala)
- Self - Authenticator in Prologue
- (as General Mark W. Clark)
- Japanese MP
- (uncredited)
- American Soldier
- (uncredited)
- Memerto
- (uncredited)
- Jeep Driver
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIt would seem evident that the woman decorated at the end of the movie was the real Claire Phillips. There could be no other reason for director Lesley Selander to use a woman other than Ann Dvorak, who played Claire, in this scene.
- GoofsWhen Japanese planes are shown bombing Philippine targets, a short clip of American Boeing B-29s is included.
- Quotes
Pacio: High Pockets is alive, Compadre. I know. They torture her.
Thompson: I don't believe it. They'd have killed her first thing.
Cpl. John Boone: Shut up. How'd you find out?
Pacio: Fely. She take food in prison. Find out High Pockets alive.
Cpl. John Boone: All right, get your gear. Mac, hustle 'em up.
Thompson: Now, don't jump the gun. This boy could be wrong.
Cpl. John Boone: So what? There's still a chance.
Thompson: Look, our troops are on their way back. A full invasion. If she's alive, let the army rescue her. We can't go down there with a handful of maniacs tryin' to take a prison.
Cpl. John Boone: [ignores him] Like I said, Mac, get the men.
Cpl. John Boone: [grabs Thompson by the shirt] Listen, fella'. Your belly's full. High Pockets fed ya'! She sang for your supper. She kept your stinkin' frame together when the worms were standin' in line, just waitin' to crawl. Now *you're* gonna' do some singin'... with this!
Cpl. John Boone: [thrusts a heavy machine gun into Thompson's arms] Either that or I'll blow your whining brains out!
Cpl. John Boone: [to all the men] All right, let's go! Everybody, come on! Move it! Dig it out of the grass! Come on!
- SoundtracksBecause of You
(uncredited)
Music by Dudley Wilkinson
Lyrics by Arthur Hammerstein
Sung by Ann Dvorak
[Claire sings the song at her club when the transmitter is being dismantled in the kitchen]
That being said Dvorak gives a wonderful performance as the saloon entertainer Claire Phillips who married a GI stationed in the Phillipines the day after Pearl Harbor. When her husband Douglas Kennedy is killed in action she not only survives among the Japanese, but builds an extensive spy network and helps prisoners with food and gives valuable intelligence for sabotage working closely with American and Filipino guerrillas. Her main contact is Gene Evans heading up all the guerrilla activity in the islands, a role similar to what John Wayne does in Back To Bataan.
Remarkably when she was caught she was kept several months in prison and was found nearly starved to death according to the Wikipedia article on Claire Phillips. They kept her alive in the hopes she'd crack and give the Japanese information. The woman had the right stuff for sure, she never did. I doubt though her rescue was in real life quite as action filled as it is in this film.
Notice should also be taken of Richard Loo once again playing a Japanese soldier, in this case a colonel she makes a monkey out of. Loo had a career of playing cruel Japanese soldiers during World War II. Loo is given a bit more depth in this film than normally.
A nice B film that rated A picture treatment of a real American hero.
- bkoganbing
- Apr 9, 2015
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- Also known as
- Ich war eine amerikanische Spionin
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- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1