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American Guerrilla in the Philippines (released as I Shall Return in the UK) is a 1950 American war film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Tyrone Power as a U.S. Navy ensign stranded by the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in World War II.
“American Guerrilla in the Philippines,” released in 1950, tells the remarkable true story of Lieutenant Iliff David Richardson, who, after surviving the fall of Bataan in 1942, leads a group of American soldiers and Filipino guerrillas behind enemy lines to wage a guerrilla war against the Japanese occupiers.
The guerrillas, whether recruited by or inducted into the battalion, were considered members of the Philippine Army, serving with the Armed forces of the United States. They were paid in what was considered to be guerrilla or emergency currency.
- Marshallv
When setting the sail early in the movie, Power's character refers to a halyard as a sheet. No real sailor would make such an error.
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- Drama, War
- Fritz Lang
- 1950-11-08
American and Philippine Soldiers who remained in the Philippines provided an opportunity for the SWPA to support its campaign through unconventional means—the use of guerilla forces. The use of guerilla against Japanese forces would save US soldiers’ lives.
- Grant E Jerry
- 2014
Wendell Fertig (December 16, 1900 – March 24, 1975) [1] was an American civil engineer, in the American-administered Commonwealth of the Philippines, who organized and commanded an American-Filipino guerrilla force on the Japanese-occupied, southern Philippine island of Mindanao during World War II. Fertig's widely scattered guerrilla force ...
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Aug 5, 2019 · It’s based on the novel by Ira Wolfert and penned by Lamar Trotti. The narrative focuses on Ensign Chuck Palmer (Tyrone Power) and sailor Jim Mitchell (Tom Ewell) stranded in the Philippine Islands waiting for Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s return.
