Battle at Bloody Beach
| Battle at Bloody Beach | |
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20th Century Fox | |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $430,000[1] |
Battle at Bloody Beach, (aka Battle on the Beach in the UK and Australia),
Plot
Craig Benson (Audie Murphy) is a civilian working for the Navy helping arm and supply guerrilla insurgents in the Philippines. His main purpose, however, is to find his wife Ruth (Dolores Michaels), from whom he was separated by the Japanese invasion of the Philippines.
Coming ashore Benson kills two Japanese soldiers who have ambushed his contact Sgt. Marty Sackler (Gary Crosby). The two initially meet a band of dubious guerrillas who act as bandits led by a renegade American M'Keever (William Mims) who desires the weapons Benson brought but concealed. Realising M'Keever is a dead loss, the two fight but actual guerrillas led by Julio Fontana (Alejandro Rey) and an American boxer trapped in the Philippines Tiger Blair (Ivan Dixon) defeat M'Keever's bandits and kill him.
Benson agrees to arm Fontana's guerrilla band and meets a group of American civilians he will evacuate to Australia including his wife Ruth (Dolores Michaels) who believed him killed and is romantically involved with Fontana.
Cast
- Audie Murphy as Craig Benson
- Gary Crosby as Marty Sackler
- Dolores Michaels as Ruth Benson
- Alejandro Rey as Julio Fontana
- Marjorie Stapp as Caroline Pelham
- Barry Atwater as Pelham
- E. J. André as Dr. Van Bart
- Dale Ishimoto as Blanco
- Míriam Colón as Nahni
- Pilar Seurat as Camota
- Lillian Bronson as Delia Ellis
- William Mims as M'Keever
- Ivan Dixon as Tiger Blair
- Kevin Brodie as Timmy Thompson
- Sara Anderson as Mrs. Thompson
- Lloyd Kino as Japanese lieutenant
Production
Heavy seas caused the budget to go $130,000 over the original $300,000 estimate.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "As 20th All-Big Lippert Helms Budget Features". Variety. 12 April 1961. p. 4.
- ProQuest 1305828545.
- ^ Battle at Bloody Beach at Audie Murphy Memorial Site
- ^ p. 171 Larkins, Bob & Magers, Boyd The Films of Audie Murphy McFarland, 1 May 2016
- ^ McGee, Mark Thomas Talk's Cheap, Action's Expensive – The Films of Robert L. Lippert BearManor Media
- ProQuest 167915846.
- ^ Dexter, Maury (2012). Highway to Hollywood (PDF). p. 122.
- ISBN 9781476609270.
External links
- Battle at Bloody Beach at IMDb
- Battle at Bloody Beach at the TCM Movie Database
- Battle at Bloody Beach at AllMovie
- Battle at Bloody Beach at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Review of film at Cinema Retro
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