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29 September 1939 (USA) moreTagline:
Mighty Thrills With The Screen's Most Romantic Adventurer! morePlot:
A small American contingent tries to train rural tribesmen to defend themselves against fanatical Muskim radicals in 1906 Philippines. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
a lesson for modern times moreUS TV Schedule:
| Fri. July 17 | 6:15 AM | TCM |
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Gary Cooper | ... | Dr. Bill Canavan | |
| David Niven | ... | Lieut. Terence McCool | |
| Andrea Leeds | ... | Linda Hartley | |
| Reginald Owen | ... | Capt. Steve Hartley | |
| Broderick Crawford | ... | Lieut. Larson | |
| Kay Johnson | ... | Mrs. Mabel Manning | |
| Russell Hicks | ... | Capt. George Manning | |
| Vladimir Sokoloff | ... | The Datu | |
| Benny Inocencio | ... | Miguel | |
| Charles Waldron | ... | Padre Rafael | |
| Rudy Robles | ... | Lieut. Yabo (as Ruby Robles) | |
| Tetsu Komai | ... | Alipang | |
| Roy Gordon | ... | Col. Hatch | |
| Henry Kolker | ... | The General |
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96 min (copyright length)Country:
USAColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #5441) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Finland:K-16 | Spain:13Fun Stuff
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Hollywood Reporter production charts included Maurice Moscovitch, Thurston Hall and 'William Stack' in the cast, but they did not appear in the film. moreQuotes:
Dr. Bill Canavan: I thought I missed when I shot at that juramentado, but I guess I didn't.[He throws five bullets he romoved from the body on the table]
Dr. Bill Canavan: He had enough lead in him to sink a battleship!
Capt. George Manning: Doctor, a juramentado is like a horse. The only place to stop him is right here.
[He gestures to his head]
Capt. George Manning: Only you feel sorry for the horse.
Dr. Bill Canavan: I've heard of these fanatics that go beserk, but I never saw one before. I wonder what kept the bugger going with all those slugs in him. Must be some drug.
Padre Rafael: The drug that keeps them going is what keeps most of us going - faith - good or bad! The juramentado believes that when he kills an infidel, it is a passport to Heaven.
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I had never even heard of this movie until I viewed it today. Thank God for the library's VHS collection. The plot, five US Army officers are tasked to be military advisors in the establishment of the Phillipine constabulary in 1906. Despite the colonel's plea, the war Department has decided US troops will no longer be responsible for protecting the local people because they will never learn to do it themselves if the US Army does it all. Sound familiar to anyone? The enemy are the Moro insurgents, who just happen to be Muslim. They are bent on establishing a Muslim state and are not too particular about how they do it. The movie points out that not all Moros are bad, not all agree with the radicals and some are quite helpful to the advisors. The plot cautions us however not to take everyone at face value. There are traitors in their midst.
I find the lead (Cooper's) character solutions to winning hearts and minds to be fantastic. The guy could have been a role model for counter insurgency. Perhaps he was the first Green Beret. I won't go into his methods, watch them yourself and then think IRAQ. Of course with 24/7 news cycles and instant communication blended with micro-management it is hard to see this happening today. If we had those things back then, well, the course of history in the Phillipines would have been very different.
All in all, an excellent movie with a great cast highlighting an interesting period of US History that is all but forgotten today. It is interesting to think that people who actually participated in the Phillipine Insurrection were still around when it debuted in 1939.