Audie Murphy in "Battle at Bloody Beach" (1961) - feat. Alejandro Rey & Ivan Dixon

Описание: Craig Benson (Audie Murphy) is a civilian working for the Navy helping arm and supply guerrilla insurgents in the Philippines. His main purpose, however, is to find his wife Ruth (Dolores Michaels), from whom he was separated by the Japanese invasion of the Philippines.

Coming ashore Benson kills two Japanese soldiers who have ambushed his contact Sgt. Marty Sackler (Gary Crosby). The two initially meet a band of dubious guerrillas who act as bandits led by a renegade American M'Keever (William Mims) who desires the weapons Benson brought but concealed. Realizing M'Keever is a dead loss, the two fight but actual guerrillas led by Julio Fontana (Alejandro Rey) and an American boxer trapped in the Philippines Tiger Blair (Ivan Dixon) defeat M'Keever's bandits and kill him.

Benson agrees to arm Fontana's guerrilla band and meets a group of American civilians he will evacuate to Australia including his wife Ruth (Dolores Michaels) who believed him killed and is romantically involved with Fontana.

Benson sees her with Fontana. He confronts Fontana about his involvement with his wife. Benson begins leading the Americans to a point where a submarine will take them to Australia. Craig tells Ruth he wanted to find her and leave.

They reach Sackler’s hut and introduces him to Fontana. Benson advises Fontana where the weapons are located. They await the arrival of the submarine. Ruth tells Craig she isn’t going with him and will continue to fight with the guerillas.

The Japanese are quickly approaching. They quickly board the shipwreck and arm themselves with the guns. They fire on the Japanese, who retreat. Blanco and Mrs. Thompson are killed. They hold out on the shipwreck, waiting for the submarine.

The Japanese make an offer for them to surrender. Benson will be shot and the others will be given limited freedom. Fontana refuses the deal and holds Benson at gunpoint, with Ruth’s help.

Sackler tries to swim out to reach his shack but is attacked and eaten by a shark. The next day the Japanese mortars arrive. Craig is missing and the others speculate on his absence. The Japanese begin firing the mortars. All but Mr. And Mrs. Pelham go below for safety. The Japanese swarm the shipwreck. Benson arrives with guerilla support and overwhelms the Japanese.

Benson says goodbye to Ruth but she says she wants to come with him. They get in a raft and head for the submarine.

A 1961 American CinemaScope drama war film (a/kka "Battle on the Beach") directed by Herbert Coleman, produced by Richard Maibaum, screenplay by Richard Maibaum and Willard W. Willingham, story by Richard Maibaum, cinematography by Kenneth Peach, starring Audie Murphy, Dolores Michaels, Gary Crosby, Alejandro Rey, Marjorie Stapp, Barry Atwater, E. J. André, Dale Ishimoto, Míriam Colón, Pilar Seura, Lillian Bronson, William Mims, Ivan Dixon, Kevin Brodie, Sara Anderson and Lloyd Kino. Final screen appearance of Dolores Michaels. Released by 20th Century Fox.

Look closely and you can see Ivan Dixon in an early role. Dixon would become famous as one of men in the hit series, "Hogan's Heroes" (CBS TV 1965-71).

This is only the second Audie Murphy movie set in World War II, after his autobiographical "To Hell and Back" (1955).

Dolores Michaels (1933-2001), born Dolores Rae Michaels in Kansas City, Missouri, was an American actress. Michaels had the same birthday as Franklin D. Roosevelt and was born five weeks before he was inaugurated as president of the United States on March 4. Before her third birthday her father sent the president a birthday card informing him of the connection. Roosevelt replied sending Dolores his best wishes on her birthday. She began studying ballet at age five, and went to New York City to study dance and drama before she graduated from Bishop Hogan High School. Her older sister, Gloria Michaels, had gone to New York City and joined the traveling cast of "Brigadoon". When the musical came to Kansas City, 16-year-old Dolores was invited to join them. She was discovered when she was doing a scene in an acting class at 20th Century-Fox's talent school. A group of producers and directors were in the audience, and after the scenes were finished, the audience voted on who gave the best performance. She won and got a contract with 20th Century-Fox. Her acting career lasted 10 years, from 1953 to 1963.Michaels married interior decorator Maurice Martiné in 1953. They divorced in 1959. She started dating Argentine actor Alejandro Rey, whom she met on the set of this film. She then married novelist-screenwriter Bernard Wolfe in 1964.

Good-looking, baby-faced, Audie Murphy's screen presence elevates this otherwise low-budget melodrama, and entirely predictable small-scale story. While one of the few WWII movie's that authentic, this is at best an average war film, destined to obscurity. But the central romantic situation is handled with surprising skill and the climactic battle is nevertheless involving, with a heart-lifting ending.