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Movie Description A group of paratroopers are dropped into the Burmese jungle to wipe out a Japanese radar station. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Original Story.
Synopsis Errol Flynn stars as Major Nelson, leader of an elite force of paratroopers, in this thrilling World War II film. Nelson and his men fly into Burma, behind Japanese lines, in order to destroy a pivotal radar station. After completing their task, the soldiers start to make their way back to the pick-up point, when a contingent of Japanese troops confronts them.
Now the captives will endure a grueling fate -- and they can only hope they're strong enough to survive long enough to get rescued.
Film Notes Additional cast: Joel Allen (Brophy), Asit Koomar (Ghurka), John Sheridan (Co-Pilot), and Erville Anderson (General Stilwell).
Additional credits: Jack McConaghy (set decorator), John Maxwell (dialogue director), Leonid Raab (orchestral arrangements), Elmer Decker (assistant director), and Frank Mattison (unit manager).
Screenwriter Lester Cole was one of the Hollywood 10, blacklisted and imprisoned during Senator Joseph McCarthy's Communist witchhunt.
DVD Features:
Region 1 Snap Case Full Frame - 1.33 Single Side - Dual Layer Audio: Dolby Digital Mono 2.0 - English
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