American Guerrilla In the Philippines
Closed CaptioningFritz Lang
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Plot Summary
During World War II, Ensign Chuck Palmer, an American naval officer, is stranded in the Japanese-controlled Philippines after his ship is torpedoed. Palmer gathers the other Americans stranded in the Philippines and devises a plan to help the Filipinos create a resistance movement against the Japanese enemy. With rudimentary supplies, Palmer and his group build radio stations from scratch to monitor the movements of the Japanese forces. All the while, Palmer falls for Jeanne Martinez, the wife of a local war hero. By continuing to keep track of the enemy via radio, Palmer and his "troops" manage to survive until General MacArthur's return...
Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
63%- Reviews Counted: 8
- Fresh: 5
- Rotten: 3
- Average Rating: 5.8/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: There certainly is no accounting for the mechanistic nature of the script, for the lapses in continuity or for the lameness of the professionals in the cast.
Fresh: Footage has some good, male humor mixed in with the derrin-do, and Fritz Lang's direction develops a strong sense of expectancy and suspense in the story-telling.
Fresh: A routine but effective war movie.
Fresh: A fine film that almost lives up to its mouthwatering title.
Customer Reviews
I dont think this is a comedy
I haven't watched it so ignore my rating--can't post comment without a rating. I think this was based on a true story. The Filipinos did a fantastic job of fighting the Japanese through a resistance movement. While the French resistance is better known the Filipino resistance was extremely effective.
WWII in Japanese Occupied Philippines
I first saw this movie many years and a couple of thousand miles ago. WWII was just over and there were a lot of these kinds of American patriotic flicks around to instill pride and patriotism. For me, it worked. I have been looking for this movie a long time. I hope I enjoy it as much as I remember.
Oh, it's not a comedy. It's an action film.
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- Genre: Comedy
- Released: 2009
- © 1951 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Renewed 1977 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.