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They Were Expendable is a 1945 American war film directed by John Ford, starring Robert Montgomery and John Wayne, and featuring Donna Reed.The film is based on the 1942 novel of the same name by William Lindsay White, relating the story of the exploits of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three, a United States PT boat unit defending the Philippines against Japanese invasion during the Battle of ...
During the 1940s and early 1950s, Wayne starred in Dark Command (1940), Reap the Wild Wind (1942), Wake of the Red Witch (1948), Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Rio Grande (1950), and Red River (1948). Some of his more notable war movies include Flying Tigers (1942), The Fighting Seabees (1944), They Were Expendable (1945 ...
They Died with Their Boots On: 1941: 1988: Turner Entertainment [3] [699] They Drive by Night: 1940: 1988: American Film Technologies [700] They Live by Night: 1948: 1992: Turner Entertainment [701] They Were Expendable: 1945: 1988: Turner Entertainment [3] [702] They Won't Believe Me: 1947: 1993: Turner Entertainment [703] Thicker than Water ...
John Ford filmography. John Ford with portrait and Academy Award, circa 1946. John Ford (1894–1973) was an American film director whose career spanned from 1913 to 1971. [1] During this time he directed more than 140 films; however, nearly all of his silent films are lost. Born in Maine, Ford entered the filmmaking industry shortly after ...
The heart of an “Expendables” movie should be the interplay of Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham, and the two get their ball-busting on in a couple of early scenes, when Sly’s Barney Ross ...
In 1945, Ford executed affidavits testifying to the integrity of films taken to document conditions at Nazi concentration camps. [59] His last wartime film was They Were Expendable (MGM, 1945), an account of America's disastrous defeat in The Philippines, told from the viewpoint of a PT boat squadron and its commander.
Montgomery had started directing on 1945's They Were Expendable, substituting for John Ford when Ford was ill, and made his credited directorial debut in 1947 with Lady in the Lake. He had also produced for television before, but The Gallant Hours was the first feature film he both directed and produced. It turned out to be his last involvement ...
They Were Expendable: John Ford: PT boats in the Battle of the Philippines (1941-42) United States This Man's Navy: William A. Wellman: Adventure. US Navy airships: Italy The Timeless House † La casa senza tempo: Andrea Forzano: Enemy spies try to steal the blueprints of a new airplane [17] United States Too Young to Know: Frederick De Cordova