Suicide Battalion
To hell with orders... we ATTACK!
1958 · 1h 19m · APPROVED
War
Directed by
Edward L. Cahn
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Suicide Battalion
Overview
Second World War drama, set in the Philippines about a group of men recruited for the dangerous mission of destroying an American base to keep strategic papers out of enemy hands when Japanese forces invade. The men spend their last hours drowning their sorrows in a bar, but time is running out. American International Pictures originally distributed this film as a double feature with "Jet Attack".
Director and cast
- Edward L. Cahn Director
- Mike Connors as Matt McCormack
- John Ashley as Tommy Novello
- Jewell Lain as Elizabeth Ann Mason, Photographer
- Russ Bender as Sgt. Harry Donovan
- Bing Russell as Lt. Chet Hall
- Scott Peters as Pvt. Wally Zagorsky
- Walter Maslow as Pvt. Marty Green
- John McNamara Cast
- Clifford Kawada Cast
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