Okay, so there is a shell of a story and some story, but it has been told with better detail and performances and characters you really rooted for. there's not much of an opportunity to get to know the two leading characters here, played by Audie Murphy and Gary Crosby even though they do give decent performances, along with Alejandro Rey and Dolores Michaels. This is another World War II saga, this one dealing with life in the Philippines during the Japanese occupation and the attempt of soldiers Murphy, Crosby and Rey to help some Americans escape and get away from the dangerous situation.
Made on a low budget and in black and white, it has plenty of action and it's certainly not boring, but it lacks a solid script and direction. The only conflict really occurs when Murphy's wofe, Michaels, shows up looking for him, having left their house in the Philippines where they had lived before. The other characters are typical cliches, a self-centered fading glamour queen, a perfectly sweet old lady as a young boy who witnessed his mother being killed by the Japanese. This isn't a bad film, just nothing really exciting or new in the way of war films, pretty much exactly like dozens of films that have come before with just a little bit more violence added.
Made on a low budget and in black and white, it has plenty of action and it's certainly not boring, but it lacks a solid script and direction. The only conflict really occurs when Murphy's wofe, Michaels, shows up looking for him, having left their house in the Philippines where they had lived before. The other characters are typical cliches, a self-centered fading glamour queen, a perfectly sweet old lady as a young boy who witnessed his mother being killed by the Japanese. This isn't a bad film, just nothing really exciting or new in the way of war films, pretty much exactly like dozens of films that have come before with just a little bit more violence added.