Battle at Bloody Beach
The Guts and Glory Story of the Undefeatables!
1961 | 83m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Herbert Coleman |
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| Writer: | Richard Maibaum, Willard W. Willingham |
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| This is only the second Audie Murphy movie set in WWII after his autobiographical "To Hell and Back." Here Murphy steps out of his usual kid-Western role to play a civilian working for the Navy helping supply guerilla insurgents in the Philippines. His sole motive is not politics nor bravery, but to find his bride from whom he was separated during the Japanese invasion two years before | |
| Release Date: | Jun 20, 1961 |
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| Director: | Herbert Coleman |
| Writer: | Richard Maibaum, Willard W. Willingham |
| Genres: | Drama, War |
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| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox, Associated Producers (API) |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 07, 2024 Entered: May 03, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Audie Murphy | Craig Benson |
| Gary Crosby | Lt. Marty Sackler |
| Dolores Michaels | Ruth Benson |
| Alejandro Rey | Julio Fontana |
| Lillian Bronson | Delia Ellis |
| Barry Atwater | Jeff Pelham |
| Ivan Dixon | Tiger Blair |
| Marjorie Stapp | Caroline "Carrie" Pelham |
| Kevin Brodie | Timmy Thompson |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Herbert Coleman | Director |
| Richard Maibaum | Screenplay, Story |
| Vincent Romaine | Makeup Artist |
| Harold E. Knox | Production Supervisor |
| Henry Vars | Conductor, Original Music Composer |
| Robert Olivas | Wardrobe Designer |
| Wilbur L. Russell | Property Master |
| Harry Reif | Set Decoration |
| Kenneth Peach | Director of Photography |
| Francisco Day | Assistant Director |
| Willard W. Willingham | Screenplay |
| John B. Mansbridge | Art Direction |
| Frank McWhorter | Sound |
| Jack Cornall | Supervising Sound Editor |
| George Rutter | Script Supervisor |
| Jodie Copelan | Supervising Film Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Richard Maibaum | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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No amount of charisma from Audie Murphy was ever going to be able to rescue this from obscurity. Determined to emulate other stars of his era and move away from the declining Western genre with which he had some success, he takes on the role as American civilian "Benson" who works with the local Fil ... ipino population following the Japanese invasion of the islands during WWII. It's not really up to much, this film - a sort of rose-tinted look at the aftermath of the occupation that really focusses more on his determination to find "Ruth" (Dolores Michaels) rather than for any more laudable cause - he ends up helping because of her, rather than for any principle. It's strangely flat and un-engaging; there is some action but for the most part it rumbles along for 80 minutes with an inevitability about it that is quite dull and entirely predictable with a star far from his best.