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Battle at Bloody Beach is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 20 june 1961 with Audie Murphy
Battle at Bloody Beach (1961)
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Add to a movie listBattle at Bloody Beach, (aka Battle on the Beach), is a 1961 drama directed by Herbert Coleman, starring Audie Murphy and Gary Crosby. Battle at Bloody Beach is only the second Audie Murphy movie set in WWII, after his autobiographical To Hell and Back.
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Craig Benson (Audie Murphy) is a civilian working for the Navy helping 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. When he does find her, he learns that she believed him killed and is romantically involved with a Filipino resistance leader, Julio Fontana (Alejandro Rey).Actors
Audie Murphy
(Craig Benson)
Gary Crosby
(Lt. Marty Sackler)
Dolores Michaels
(Ruth Benson)
Ivan Dixon
(Tiger Blair)
Alejandro Rey
(Julio Fontana)
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