Cameron Mitchell, Donald Curtis, Donna Reed
A dramatized account of the role of the American PT Boats in the defense of the Philippines in World War II.
DVD Release Date: May 18, 1999
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May 24, 2008boring and uninteresting. if i could give this less than half a star i would. i was watching it on the box and somewhere from the start to the end i learnt to love adverts
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November 8, 2006I never get tired of Robert Montgomery -- or of his daughter, Elizabeth Mongomery of TV's Bewitched, for that matter. An extremely fine actor, no matter how schmaltzy or schlokey the story, from an era I can only experience through film. Mahalo to Ted Turner for helping u...( read more)
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February 25, 2009Entertaining film about PT boats and how they were used in the first months of WWII. John Ford made this film during the last days of the war and he added every detail of realism he could. The action scenes are great and really intense. There is hardly any rear projection and sho...( read more)
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October 8, 2009Director John Ford's very able direction lifts the Worl War II film to well above average. The cast is excellent. Robert Montgomery is particularly good. John Wayne gives his usual adequate acting job. Exciting and well filmed.
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August 19, 2009John Wayne, Robert Montgomery, Ward Bond, Donna Reed
John Ford's WW2 tribute to the PT boat heroes in the Philippines in 1942
MacArthur's escape from Corregidor to Cagayan De Oro in March 1942 by PT41 and the fall of the Philippines in 1942 -
August 15, 2009A very good film overall. Unfortunately, Robert Montgomery doesn't add depth to a film that could have been great. Wayne steals the show as always and the battle sequences are ahead of their time.
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September 25, 2009Maybe this is one of those films where you had to be there to appreciate.... or at least be alive when the film was made.
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