A Marine unit on a Japanese-held island in the Philippines tries to hook up with local Filipino guerrillas.A Marine unit on a Japanese-held island in the Philippines tries to hook up with local Filipino guerrillas.A Marine unit on a Japanese-held island in the Philippines tries to hook up with local Filipino guerrillas.
Peter Masterson
- Sgt. William Maccone
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- TriviaMickey Rooney became ill with a fever during filming. During his hospital stay in Manila, his wife Carolyn Mitchell was killed by her lover in a murder-suicide.
- GoofsThe camouflage uniforms worn by the American raiders are not WWII military camouflage uniforms. They are wearing commercial duck hunter suits that were sold in the USA after World War II. They are based on wartime USMC camouflage uniforms and bear a passing resemblance.
- Quotes
Soldier: How many men, your soldiers?
Sgt. Ernest Wartell: Including the European theater, I'd say about six million.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: THE PHILIPPINES OCTOBER 1944
- ConnectionsReferenced in Lusting Hours (1967)
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A Big Surprise For Admiral Halsey
A crack team of US Marines is sent to one of the small Phillipine islands because there's an agent there who's got some big news, but can't get it out. Almost from the beginning Captain Clem Stadler is killed in some contact with a Japanese patrol. That leaves command of the mission to fall on Sergeant Hugh O'Brian.
Ambush Bay managed to hit all the war movie clichés without a miss in its running time. One of the most prominent was the new guy on the mission, in this case radioman James Mitchum. He was a last minute replacement and with the exception of Mickey Rooney, he's not well regarded by the seasoned Marines on the mission.
I can't say what it is or how the team deals with the information, but let's just say they've got one big old surprise cooked up for Admiral Halsey's task force.
The movie was shot entirely on location in the Phillipines and the scenery is quite lush. I'm sure that the promise of a tropical vacation might have induced a few of our American players to work in this film.
I feel either ambushed or just plain bushed right about now.
Ambush Bay managed to hit all the war movie clichés without a miss in its running time. One of the most prominent was the new guy on the mission, in this case radioman James Mitchum. He was a last minute replacement and with the exception of Mickey Rooney, he's not well regarded by the seasoned Marines on the mission.
I can't say what it is or how the team deals with the information, but let's just say they've got one big old surprise cooked up for Admiral Halsey's task force.
The movie was shot entirely on location in the Phillipines and the scenery is quite lush. I'm sure that the promise of a tropical vacation might have induced a few of our American players to work in this film.
I feel either ambushed or just plain bushed right about now.
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- Feb 19, 2009
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- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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