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They Were Expendable is a 1945 American war film directed by John Ford, starring Robert Montgomery and John Wayne, and featuring Donna Reed.The film is based on the 1942 novel of the same name by William Lindsay White, relating the story of the exploits of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three, a United States PT boat unit defending the Philippines against Japanese invasion during the Battle of ...
They Were Expendable: John Ford: PT boats in the Battle of the Philippines (1941-42) United States This Man's Navy: William A. Wellman: Adventure. US Navy airships: Italy The Timeless House † La casa senza tempo: Andrea Forzano: Enemy spies try to steal the blueprints of a new airplane [17] United States Too Young to Know: Frederick De Cordova
John Wayne plays naval aviator-turned-screenwriter Wead, who wrote the story or screenplay for such films as Hell Divers (1931) with Wallace Beery and Clark Gable, Ceiling Zero (1936) with James Cagney, and the Oscar-nominated World War II drama They Were Expendable (1945) in which Wayne co-starred with Robert Montgomery. [5]
They’re effective, but because they feel a lot like the video-game slashings in a “John Wick” movie, the defining spirit of the “Expendables” series — the aging action heroes of the ...
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Image credits: EnigmaCA There are many ways film creators make movies captivating. Some rely on storytelling for that. By making the narrative engaging, understandable, relatable, and educational ...
Montgomery had started directing on 1945's They Were Expendable, substituting for John Ford when Ford was ill, and made his credited directorial debut in 1947 with Lady in the Lake. He had also produced for television before, but The Gallant Hours was the first feature film he both directed and produced. It turned out to be his last involvement ...
Here's everything you need to know about who dies in 'The Expendables 4' aka 'Expend4bles' and what actually happened at the end.