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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 ...
Year Film/Title Director(s) Cast/Leads Notes 1954 The Glenn Miller Story: Anthony Mann: James Stewart June Allyson: The film tells the story of the Glenn Miller Orchestra and big band leader Glenn Miller (1904–1944) (James Stewart) from his early days in the music business in 1929 through to his 1944 death when the airplane he was flying on was lost over the English Channel during World War II.
The American hard rock band Shinedown had recorded the song "Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom)", specifically for the film, but was not included. The song was used in the theatrical trailer and the track in its entirety was released on June 15, 2010. [10] [11] Both songs were finally used for the Extended Director's Cut. [12]
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 ...
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
The Expendables were a 1980s band based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Fronted by singer-songwriter/guitarist Jay Clarkson , the band grew out of her former bands, They Were Expendable and The Playthings , and released a single and album in 1984 on the Flying Nun label.
Bulkeley's PT-boat heroics in defending the Philippines from Japanese invasion in 1941-1942 was the subject of the novel "They Were Expendable" by William Lindsay White in 1942, which was turned into the big screen epic They Were Expendable three years later by director John Ford, starring John Wayne, with Robert Montgomery playing a somewhat ...
The music video which featured the band live in the studio with cameos of popular American reggae band members singing along. The video was dedicated to "all the fans, bands, and crew members, and everyone in the industry affected by the 2020 COVID shutdown who work tirelessly to make live music possible."