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During World War II, a Marine battalion prepares to land on a large Japanese-held island
in the South Pacific. Lt. Col. Gilfillan warns the men that it will be a tough mission,
and that they have been ordered to take prisoners in order to gain information about the
Japanese fortifications. Below deck, Lt. Carl A. Anderson, a chemistry teacher in civilian
life, questions his former student, Corp. Stuart Conroy, who complains that he is ill and
cannot fight. Knowing that Conroy is just frightened and battle weary, Anderson assures him
that he has shown courage before and can do so again. Anderson and Conroy then join the rest
of the men, and during the journey in the landing boat, medic C. E. "Doc" Jones recalls an
incident a few months earlier when Anderson revealed that he was suffering from "psychological
migraines." Although Doc urged Anderson to seek treatment in the United States, Anderson
refused to leave his men and has been relying on Doc to supply him with painkillers.
The men hit the beach and successfully dig in, despite an initial burst of resistance. As four
days pass, Anderson's squad, which includes boxer Pigeon Lane, Sgt. Zelenko, Pvt. Slattery,
Coffman, Pvt. Whitney and the unstable Pretty Boy, grows weary of the constant moving and
hidden Japanese snipers. One day, the men try to take a ridge of hills, but are beaten back
by Japanese rockets, much to the surprise of the commanding officers, who were unaware that
rockets were in the enemy's arsenal. Coffman is killed during the battle, and the furious
Anderson is forced to take some of Doc's pills. At the Army's island headquarters, Anderson
meets with other officers as Gilfillan recounts the troubles they are having capturing
prisoners and getting information from them. Sgt. Randolph Johnson, an unconventional soldier
who specializes in tricking Japanese prisoners into talking, questions one prisoner, who has
been dubbed Willie. As Gilfillan receives orders to stop the rockets within nine hours, before
the next assault on the hills, Willie informs Johnson that the Japanese soldiers holding a cave
stronghold are willing to surrender. Accompanied by Johnson and war correspondent Sgt. Dickerman,
Anderson leads a patrol to the cave, but upon their arrival, they are ambushed and Zelenko is
blinded.
The men capture the remaining Japanese, including an officer named Capt. Ishio Makino, soldiers
Romeo and Nomura and a shell-shocked, elderly civilian. Anderson finds a map on one of the dead
officers, then leads the men across a river and through the jungle. After a sniper shoots at him,
Pretty Boy kills the man during hand-to-hand combat, but the confrontation further unbalances
him and he attempts to murder the prisoners. Lane then accidentally shoots and kills Pretty Boy
while attempting to hold him off. Later, the wounded Doc tries to tell Dickerman how inherently
good Anderson is despite his bitterness. Doc gives Dickerman his notebook, in which he has
written a message for Anderson, then dies. Anderson and the remaining men return to headquarters,
where Makino commits hara-kiri with a knife he had stolen from Johnson. While map expert Lt.
Butterfield works on a Japanese map overlay found by Pretty Boy, Anderson and Johnson learn
that Nomura is actually an important leader named Maj. Kenji Matsuoda. Johnson finally deduces
where the rockets are located, and a barrage begins as Anderson rejoins his men outside. As
they prepare, Anderson learns that Conroy has been killed by a sniper. With only Lane, Whitney
and Slattery left of his squad, Anderson takes the news hard and is ready to give up. Dickerman
reads aloud Doc's note, however, and Anderson, inspired by Doc's appeal for him to be strong for
the sake of those whom he survives, throws away his painkillers and leads his men into battle.
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John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley, Leonid Kinskey
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Director: Lewis Milestone
Producer: Robert Bassler
Released - January 4, 1951
Length - 113 minutes
Music Composer: Sol Kaplan
Movie Distributed by 20th Century Fox
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