Review of They Were Expendable (1945) by Davey M — 27 May 2011
This is a World War II film about Americans set in the Philippines. There are surprisingly few of those and this is probably the best one. John Ford's stunning direction of harrowing war action set pieces is only surpassed by his quiet human touch in making us care about a group of American soldiers fighting the war the best they could led by Robert Montgomery and John Wayne who probably gives his best performance outside of "The Searchers" in this film.
Watch this film with Mario O'Hara's "Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos" and Kon Ichikawa's "Fire in the Plains "for the perfect triple feature on World War II era Philippines.
This review of They Were Expendable (1945) was written by Davey M on 27 May 2011.
They Were Expendable has generally received positive reviews.
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