30 Dec American Guerrilla in the Philippines
American Guerilla in the Philippines, WW II Movie with Tyrone Power
(1950) The story of this WW II movie is based on a book written by the man who lived it. I did enjoy that it was filmed on location in the Philippines and that it showed how the Filipino people helped the navy-ensign-turned-intelligence-officer create a network of radios up and down the coast to spy on the Japanese.
There is the obligatory love story as well as the victorious “I Shall Return” of General MacArthur at the very end.
American Guerrilla in the Philippines at amazon.com
Often I can find the original New York Times review of the more vintage WW II movies, and it is fascinating to see what the reviewer thought of the movie “back then.” You may need to create a (free) account with the NYT to view this.
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