Both had served in the Navy and Montgomery in fact on P.T. Is there glory in defeat? 1996 89m Movie. They will doctor you up. It's available to watch on TV, online, tablets, phone. Eventually, their superior has no choice but to order them to attack a large Japanese cruiser. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. You may also like. As he and his second-in-command, Lieutenant "Rusty" Ryan, desperately try to prove the newly-founded naval unit's worth, the enemy launches a devastating all-out attack--and despite the PT boat flotilla's undeniable success--the considerably outnumbered and outgunned American soldiers are fighting a losing battle. They Were Expendable (1945) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. They Were Expendable is John Ford's first Hollywood feature since his discharge from the U.S. Navy and the same can be said for Robert Montgomery. HD. He gradually comes around though. Once Were Warriors. • They Were Expendable They were good times. It was a joy to reread this book. The Expendables is an American ensemble action thriller franchise spanning a film series, written by Sylvester Stallone and based on characters created by David Callaham, and additional media. Brick's boats sink the cruiser, after which the squadron is unleashed, achieving increasing success, though at the cost of both boats and men. Actual U.S. Navy 80-foot Elco PT boats were used throughout filming, albeit re-marked with false hull numbers in use in late 1941 and early 1942. Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. (Couple tiny nicks at top edge. Lieut. While waiting for the plane, Rusty meets Ohio. I'm thinking that John Ford wisely decided that World War II being recently over, the country's mood was joyous, but somber in terms of the heavy human cost.They Were Expendable has the benefit though of the American audience knowing the ultimate victory. At Fort Apache, an honorable and veteran war captain finds conflict when his regime is placed under the command of a young, glory hungry lieutenant colonel with no respect for the local Indian tribe. HD. Neither knows what happened to Sandy who was trapped on Bataan. Wählen Sie aus erstklassigen Inhalten zum Thema They Were Expendable in höchster Qualität. The final two boats pull into a small ship yard for repairs which is run by "Dad" (Russell Simpson). When We Were Kings. A merchant ship's crew tries to survive the loneliness of the sea and the coming of war. A Navy commander fights to prove the battle-worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II. They Were Expendable was John Ford's first postwar film, and it should speak to his experience with the war that instead of focusing a film on a heroic victory or moment he chose the bleak defeat of the Americans in the Phillippines as the focus for his film. In both instances, this soldier appears to be female. Feb 07 2013 . [9] It was also named to the "10 Best Films of 1945" list by The New York Times. they'd they'll They're They're a bad match. The title says it all about the Navy's attitude towards the PT-boats and their crews. Is there glory in defeat? This region closely approximated the South West Pacific Theater. Boats. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. And Donna Reed got serenaded on her "Hawaiian" honeymoon with James Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life with Ward Bond once again being one of the serenaders. … HD. They were expendable, too. The extra appears very briefly when Boat 41 is being taken by the Army. Lt. J.G. Additional U.S. naval aircraft from nearby naval air stations in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Key West were temporarily remarked and used to simulate Japanese aircraft in the film. There, Rusty begins a romance with Army nurse Sandy Davis (Donna Reed). [10], 1945 film by John Ford, Robert Montgomery, For the rock group originally called They Were Expendable, see, "They Were Expendable (1945) - Notes - TCM.com", "The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners", At Close Quarters – PT Boats in the United States Navy by Captain Robert J. Bulkley, Jr., USNR (Retired), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=They_Were_Expendable&oldid=1003887004, Films about the United States Navy in World War II, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 31 January 2021, at 04:55. 2002 138m Movie. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Troops are hopelessly outnumbered. Watch They Were Expendable starring Robert Montgomery in this Military/War on DIRECTV. 3 za vrijeme bitke za Filipine na početku drugog svjetskog rata na Pacifiku. 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