As issues between the United States and Korea created another war, Hollywood looked back to a recently ended world war in locations near to the newest conflict to promote much needed propaganda once again. This time, the setting is the Philippines and the efforts to keep the nearby Japanese from accomplishing their goal of taking control. Tyrone Power and Tom Ewell arrive at the American base after being separated from their troop and desire to get to Australia where their troop is said to be now.
Their attempts to get there by pontoon boat fail so they have to try another way and this means delivering a message from the Philippino residence to an American officer stationed in the jungle. More adventures follow in the conflict with the Japanese so their journey is further delayed, and Power finds himself attracted to a French girl (Micheline Presle) raised in the Philippines, a romance doomed by her marriage to Philippine officer Juan Torena.
There are some terrific moments in this typical war adventure, particularly the shot of Power hiding from the Japanese and forced to remain quiet while being covered by an army of ants. The influence of Spanish culture on the Philippines is interestingly documented with a few light hearted moments, but most of the film focuses on Power and his men fighting as guerillas for the cause of freedom. Nice color photography aids this greatly, and the tension of the Japanese brutality on the Philippino people makes this nail biting at times.
Their attempts to get there by pontoon boat fail so they have to try another way and this means delivering a message from the Philippino residence to an American officer stationed in the jungle. More adventures follow in the conflict with the Japanese so their journey is further delayed, and Power finds himself attracted to a French girl (Micheline Presle) raised in the Philippines, a romance doomed by her marriage to Philippine officer Juan Torena.
There are some terrific moments in this typical war adventure, particularly the shot of Power hiding from the Japanese and forced to remain quiet while being covered by an army of ants. The influence of Spanish culture on the Philippines is interestingly documented with a few light hearted moments, but most of the film focuses on Power and his men fighting as guerillas for the cause of freedom. Nice color photography aids this greatly, and the tension of the Japanese brutality on the Philippino people makes this nail biting at times.