Battle at Bloody Beach (1961)
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Directors
Herbert Coleman
Cast
Alejandro Rey, Audie Murphy, Dolores Michaels, Gary Crosby, Ivan Dixon, Míriam Colón
The story
Craig Benson (Audie Murphy) is a civilian working for the Navy helping arm and 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. Coming ashore Benson kills two Japanese soldiers who have ambushed his contact Sgt.
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war film
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