They Were Expendable
A Tribute to Those Who Did So Much... With So Little!
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- Drama
- War
Overview
After a demonstration of new PT boats, Navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- 1940s
- world war ii
- navy
- pearl harbor
- pacific war
- pacific theater
- philippines
- bataan
- corregidor
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 7, 1945
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cast
- John Wayne,William 'Red' Donahue,Jack Ross,Paul Kruger,Almeda Fowler,Reginald Simpson,Dan Quigg,Bill Nind,James Magill,Michael Kostrickand 100 more
- Director
- John Ford
- Producer
- John Ford
- Cinematography
- Joseph H. August
- Music
- Herbert Stothart
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0038160