In 1942, after the fall of the Philippines to the Japanese, U.S. Army Col. Joseph Madden stays behind to organize the local resistance against the Japanese invaders.
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| John Wayne | ... | Col. Joseph Madden | |
| Anthony Quinn | ... | Capt. Andrés Bonifácio | |
| Beulah Bondi | ... | Bertha Barnes | |
| Fely Franquelli | ... | Dalisay Delgado | |
| Richard Loo | ... | Maj. Hasko | |
| Philip Ahn | ... | Col. Coroki | |
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Alex Havier | ... | Sgt. Bernessa (as J. Alex Havier) |
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'Ducky' Louie | ... | Maximo Cuenca |
| Lawrence Tierney | ... | Lt. Cmdr. Waite | |
| Leonard Strong | ... | Gen. Homma | |
| Paul Fix | ... | Bindle Jackson | |
| Abner Biberman | ... | Japanese Captain | |
| Vladimir Sokoloff | ... | Señor Buenaventura J. Bello | |
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The US Army's defense of its Philippines colony and the allied Malay countries/colonies behind it counted on its island fortress of Corregidor on Luzon -and a few others- but loses it in the 6 May 1942 Japanese combined forces attack. Colonel Joseph Madden is among the escaping survivors who are ordered by general Douglas McArthur to organize a guerrilla. As he finds many native Filipinos inclined to resist the occupier's vision of returning to the South Asian fold under a paternalistic empire which doesn't hesitate to 'spank the unruly', but is mainly civilian, unprepared, inept in military matters, Madden appeals to the legendary anti-US freedom fighter Andres Bonifácio's homonymous grandson Captain Andrés Bonifácio, who is luckily rescued from a POW dead march, to inspire the resistance -once his own fighting spirit is rekindled- with him in a still very unsure war, retaliated by bloody, ten to one repression. When the Japanese realize the people side against them, they stage fake ... Written by KGF Vissers
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31 May 1945 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Invisible Army See more »Filming Locations:
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA See more »Edit
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$2,490,000, 31 December 1945Company Credits
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The Japanese tanks were actually US Army M3 Stuart light tanks and M4 Sherman medium tanks. See more »Goofs
A long shot of the truck carrying the Japanese soldiers and the boy Maximo driving along the mountain road is repeated twice (the truck is seen passing in front of a hill headed toward the right of the screen, then the same shot is repeated a few seconds later). See more »Quotes
Maj. Hasko: I send out 100 men, they find nothing. I send out ten men, they don't come back.See more »
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Opening credits: This story was not invented. The events you are about to see are based on actual incidents. The characters are based on real people. JANUARY 30, 1945 THE JAPANESE PRISON CAMP AT CABANATUAN See more »Alternate Versions
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Skip "Pearl Harbor" and rent this movie instead. This is a no-holds barred view of the Imperial Japanese and their brutality toward the Filipinos in the opening stages of World War II. John Wayne, Anthony Quinn (who recently died), Beulah Bondi, et al are splendid in their roles. The hanging episode at the school is particularly moving and horrifying. That outrage encapsulates what happened to thousands of brave Filipinos who suffered under the heel of the Japanese. See this film.