Beachhead (1954)

Regisseur:

Stuart Heisler

Drehbuchautoren:

Richard G. Hubler (novel)
Richard Alan Simmons (writer)

Premierendatum:

5. Februar 1954 (USA)

Genre:

Kriegsfilm | Drama

Werbezeile:

Is not just a war move.

Plot:

On a Japanese-occupied island during World War II, only two soldiers remain alive after a mission attempt goes horribly wrong...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Nutzerkommentare:

A Message to MacArthur

Besetzung

Tony Curtis	...	Burke
Frank Lovejoy	...	Sgt. Fletcher
Mary Murphy	...	Nina Bouchard
Eduard Franz	...	Bouchard, French Planter
Skip Homeier	...	Reynolds
John Doucette	...	Maj. Scott
Alan Wells	...	Biggerman
Akira Fukunaga	...	Terrified Japanese Sailor (as Sunshine Akira Fukunaga)
Dan Aoki	...	Japanese Sniper
Steamboat Mokuahi	...	Malanesian, Island native

Alternativ:

Brückenkopf X (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

90 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.37 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #16685)

Drehorte:

Kaua`i, Hawaii, USA

Firma:

Aubrey Schenck Productions

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in Suddenly (1954)

A Message to MacArthur

If the U.S. Marines had not put a few diversionary landings on the small island location of this film, Mary Murphy and Eduard Franz might have had to spend the rest of the war playing tag with the Japanese.

As it is their island as per the strategy of MacArthur is being hopped over for a landing on nearby Bougainville. But Franz knows where the minefields on Bougainville are located and he sends out a message. Of course it has to be confirmed so Frank Lovejoy is given a special mission for his squad to find Franz and verify.

Easier said than done, especially with the other men of the squad, Tony Curtis, Alan Wells, and Skip Homeier hating Lovejoy's guts over some business back at Guadalcanal. But they're going to have to get over it if the mission is to be accomplished.

Not usual for war films, but Mary Murphy in a tight blue dress is a nice diversion for the audience. She sure is a nice diversion for Tony Curtis who has to keep his mind on the war.

Beachhead does have some nice location photography on the Hawaiian island of Kauai for a very realistic setting in a film about the Pacific War.

It's not the greatest of war films, but passably entertaining enough.