None But the Brave (1965)

Director:

Frank Sinatra

Writers:

Kikumaru Okuda (story)
John Twist (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

24 February 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | War

Tagline:

The brave are never different - only different looking!

Plot:

American and Japanese soldiers, stranded on a tiny Pacific island during World War II, must make a temporary...

Cast

Tatsuya Mihashi	...	Lt. Kuroki
Takeshi Katô	...	Sgt. Tamura (as Takeshi Kato)
Homare Suguro	...	LCpl. Hirano
Kenji Sahara	...	Cpl. Fujimoto
Mashahiko Tanimura	...	Lead Pvt. Ando
Tôru Ibuki	...	Pvt. Arikawa
Ryucho Shunputei	...	Pvt. Okunda
Hisao Dazai	...	Pvt. Tokumaru
Susumu Kurobe	...	Pvt. Goro (as Susume Kurobe)
Takashi Inagaki	...	Pvt. Ishi
Kenichi Hata	...	Pvt. Sato
Frank Sinatra	...	Chief Pharmacist Mate
Clint Walker	...	Capt. Dennis Bourke
Tommy Sands	...	2nd Lt. Blair
Brad Dexter	...	Sgt. Bleeker

Also Known As:

Yusha nomi (Japan)

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

UK:PG | USA:Approved (PCA #20787) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA

Company:

Sinatra Enterprises

Trivia:

During downtime while shooting the picture, Brad Dexter saved Frank Sinatra from drowning when he dived into the ocean and saved the floundering Sinatra.

Goofs:

Continuity: In some scenes the Japanese officer is carrying a Walther P-38, which is a German-made pistol, but in other scenes he's carrying a Nambu, which is a Japanese-made pistol.

Father of the Bride gets his revenge, or The (Ex) Son-in-law Also Falls.

Over in the trivia section of the IMDb there is a submission that reads something like..."When he (Tommy Sands)divorced Frank's kid (her name is Nancy), Sinatra allegedly saw to it that his (Sand's) career went permanently on the rocks"...or something like that. Statements like that should be followed by telling exactly just how this was accomplished. This film, "None But the Brave" may contain the answer. It was directed (none too well at that) by Mr. Sinatra, and Mr. Sands, in every scene he is in and every line he speaks, gives the most shrill, bizarre, over-the-top, irritating,mind-boggling, irksome, get-the-hook, somebody-please-shoot-him performance ever seen in a movie that had a budget of over $1200. He was not good enough as an actor to have been that bad on purpose. He was not good enough of an actor to have been that bad accidentally. Only a director on a mission can take a performer to the depths reached by Tommy Sands in this film. Thanks a lot, Dad.