Back Door to Hell

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Category: War
All Genres: War, Drama
Release Year: 1964
Country: USA
Runtime: 75
Rating: 6.7 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Monte Hellman
Sound: Mono
Taglines:

It took courage to get to Luzon - and blood and guts to move every mile beyond!

Writing by: Richard A. Guttman - screenplay
Richard A. Guttman - story
John Hackett - writer

Produced by: Robert L. Lippert - executive producer
Ronald Remy - associate producer
Fred Roos - producer

Cast: Jimmie Rodgers - Lt. Craig
Jack Nicholson - Burnett
John Hackett - Jersey
Annabelle Huggins - Maria
Conrad Maga - Paco
Johnny Monteiro - Ramundo
Joe Sison - Japanese Capt.
Henry Duval - Garde
Ben Perez - (uncredited)
Vic Uematsu - (uncredited)

Music: Mike Velarde
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Plot Outline: During WWII, a three-man commando team places its trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistors, as they try to knock out a Japenese communication center.
Plot: In December, 1944, three US soldiers sneak ashore on Luzon to gather intelligence about Japanese troops in advance of the American armada. The three are to reconnoiter and report via their shortwave radio. Lieutenant Craig may not have the stomach for killing; Jersey is a cynical sergeant; Bartlett is the radio man who also speaks Japanese. Theyre soon in touch with guerrillas, led by Paco, a tough, skeptical school teacher. The Japanese learn the Americans are in the area and take school children hostage until the Filipinos find, arrest, and turn over the GIs. Can this tiny squad make allies, save the children, get and transmit the information, and live to tell the tale?

Crazy Credits: We know about 5 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
"People who did not act in this film: Richard Nixon; Sesu Hayakawa; Pete Rose; Toshiro Mifune"

Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Factual errors: Japanese snipers tied them selves into their positions. They did not fall out of the trees when shot.

Trivia: There are 3 entries in the trivia list - like these:
Marine Corps Capt. Marion Carl, a multi-ace (18.5 air victories), makes an appearance as a Marine Corps pilot. Capt. Carl wears his baseball cap with the bill pointed skyward and makes the comment, "Dont look now, fellas, but a truck of gas just came on the field." Capt. Carl was a survivor of the Battle of Midway and the air campaign for Guadalcanal in 1942. He was awarded 2 Navy Crosses for his actions at Midway and Guadalcanal. Sadly, on June 28, 1998, he was murdered in his Oregon home by a home intruder.
Movie accurately shows the Marines armed with bolt action rifles. While Garand rifles were available, they were just not available in numbers to issue to the Marines before setting sail.
Roy Roberts, who plays Capt. Cross, seems to have doubled as the voice of the radio sportscaster.