Stars: Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Widmark
Year: 1950Running Time: 109 minsRating: 3 starsU
The director of 1930's Best Picture All Quiet On The Western Front marshals another forceful war epic with US marine Richard Widmark spearheading a World War II campaign to capture Japanese prisoners on a South Pacific island. Jack Palance and Robert Wagner are amongst the soldiers whose civilian lives are revealed through telling flashbacks. Clench your jaw and keep your head down.
Review
Lieutenant Richard Widmark and his American Marines search for a Japanese rocket site on a Pacific island. A typically patriotic American war movie, this gripping adventure is powerfully acted.
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Halls of Montezuma
World War Two drama starring Richard Widmark as the leader of a small unit of US marines assigned to capture Japanese prisoners on a South Pacific island. With Jack Palance.