When I was a kid in 58 this movie was being shot right on Pass Ave. in Burbank, CA. It was in a field where they brought in palm trees and sand with pillboxes just off the street. My dad took 8mm movies of that I still have. I am watching the movie now and can see the scenes where they are fighting behind palm tree logs. Another thing, one of the characters by the name of Johnny Campbell murdered by the LT. is the name of my best friend from Burbank that was killed in Nam in 69. Crazy. Oh btw, the music is from "Here to Eternity". Apparently Screen Gems did all this on a shoestring. Ray Danton was a WB contract actor. Julie Adam was beautiful and her facial features seemed to be softly chiseled. Even when she aged she remained a very beautiful woman.
Review of Tarawa Beachhead
