Halls of Montezuma

original title:
Halls of Montezuma
other titles:
(Die Hölle von Okinawa)
country / year of production:
USA / 1951 (x)
original length:
113 min. , color
premiere:
5 January 1951
genre:
adventure
based on:
director:
Lewis Milestone
film script:
Lewis Milestone
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cast (role):
Richard Widmark , Jack Palance , Reginald Gardiner , Robert Wagner
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plot synopsis:
The film reconstructs the conquest of a Japanese island by the Americans in 1945. A group of soldiers and their officer are in the focus of the action. The island is defenced strongly, but the marines manage to get to an experimental rocket base of the Japaneses.
keywords:
island , siege , reconnaissance unit , jungle , fortress , Okinawa
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Gerald Astor: Operation Iceberg. The Invasion and Conquest of Okinawa in World War II. New York: Dell Publishing Company, 1998.
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availability:
VHS NTSC, DVD