Battle at Bloody Beach
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Director Herbert Coleman Music by Henry Vars Duration Country United States | 5.4/10 IMDb Genre Drama, War Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date June 1, 1961 (1961-06-01) Cast Similar movies Audie Murphy appears in Battle at Bloody Beach and To Hell and Back |
A civilian military contractor, Craig Benson (Audie Murphy), returns to the Philippines during World War II to search for his wife, Ruth (Dolores Michaels), who went missing two years earlier when the Japanese invaded the country. Benson braves treachery, Japanese forces and the hellish jungle as he tries to bring his wife back alive. In his search, Benson meets Filipino rebel fighter Julio (Alejandro Rey), who knows where Ruth is. The only problem is that Julio is in love with her too.
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Battle at Bloody Beach is a 1961 drama directed by Herbert Coleman, starring Audie Murphy and Gary Crosby. Battle at Bloody Beach is only the second Audie Murphy movie set in WWII, after his autobiographical To Hell and Back.
This is only the second Audie Murphy movie set in WWII after his autobiographical "To Hell and Back." Here Murphy steps out of his usual kid-Western role to play a civilian working for the Navy helping supply guerilla insurgents in the Philippines. His sole motive is not politics nor bravery, but to find his bride from whom he was separated during the Japanese invasion two years before
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Craig Benson (Audie Murphy) is a civilian working for the Navy helping 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. When he does find her, he learns that she believed him killed and is romantically involved with a Filipino resistance leader, Julio Fontana (Alejandro Rey).
Similar Movies
Audie Murphy appears in Battle at Bloody Beach and To Hell and Back. American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950). Back to Bataan (1945). Suicide Battalion (1958). They Were Expendable (1945).
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