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They Were Expendable
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Edited into
Malaya (1949)
 -  The PT Boat attack on the cruiser was lifted from the film They Were Expendable.
Referenced in
Forecast (1945)
Mister Roberts (1955)
 -  The scene where one of the sailors is tasting the dishwater thinking that it is soup, is referenced later in another John Ford's film (also about navy) 'Mister Roberts' (when Jack Lemmon is touring nurses around the ship).
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Directed by John Ford (1971)
Going Hollywood: The War Years (1988)
John Ford (1990) (TV)
The John Wayne Anthology (1991) (TV)

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