Beachhead (film)
Beachhead | |
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Directed by | Stuart Heisler |
Written by | Richard Alan Simmons |
Based on | I've Got Mine by Richard G. Hubler |
Produced by | Howard W. Koch Aubrey Schenck |
Starring | Tony Curtis Frank Lovejoy Mary Murphy Skip Homeier |
Cinematography | Gordon Avil |
Edited by | John F. Schreyer |
Music by | Arthur Lange Emil Newman |
Production company | Aubrey Schenck Productions |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | US$450,000 |
Box office | US$1,400,000[1] |
Beachhead! is a 1954 American
Plot
In late October 1943, a
Four of them have been selected to carry out a
Cast
- Tony Curtis as Burke
- Frank Lovejoy as Sgt. Fletcher
- Mary Murphy as Nina Bouchard
- Eduard Franz as Bouchard, French Planter
- Skip Homeier as Reynolds
- John Doucette as Maj. Scott
- Alan Wells as Biggerman
- Akira Fukunaga as Terrified Japanese Sailor (as Sunshine Akira Fukunaga)
- Dan Aoki as Japanese Sniper
- Sam "Steamboat" Mokuahi Sr. as Malanesian, Island native
Production
Filmed on Hawaiian locations on
The producers went to the US Marine Corps to seek technical assistance for the making of the film. Although the Corps liked the idea of the film, they refused to provide cooperation. As two of the four Marines were killed in the screenplay, the Public Information Officer said that the Marines would not provide any assistance to any film showing the Corps taking 50 per cent casualties as they were in the midst of a new recruiting campaign emphasising a new less danger-seeking image.[5] The producers visited the Pentagon and were provided with Navy, Coast Guard, and Hawaiian National Guard assistance in making the movie.[5] The film was titled Missione Suicido (Suicide Mission) in Italy.
Mary Murphy felt that Stuart Heisler was trying to make her look like a version of the director's own wife. She was also nearly attacked by a drunken cameraman on the film's isolated Hawaiian location.[6]
References
- ^ "1954 Box Office Champs". Variety Weekly. 5 January 1955. p. 59. - figures are rentals in the US and Canada
- ^ "Hawaiian Encyclopedia : Hanalei History Part 5". Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ Mirisch, Walter, I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History, 2008, p. 75, University of Wisconsin Press
- ^ "Honolulu Star-Bulletin Obituaries". Archives.starbulletin.com. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ a b p.125 Suid, Lawrence M. Guts and Glory: The Making of the American Military Image in Film 2002 University of Kentucky Press
- ^ The Wild One's Sweetheart: Mary Murphy Interviewed, Paul and Donna Parla.[dead link]
External links
- Beachhead at IMDb
- Beachhead at AllMovie
- Beachhead at the TCM Movie Database
- Original film trailer