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Manila Calling is a american film of genre Drama directed by Herbert I. Leeds released in USA on 16 october 1942 with Lloyd Nolan
Manila Calling (1942)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 16 october 1942
Length 1h21
Directed by Herbert I. Leeds
OriginUSA
Themes Political films
Rating68%
Manila Calling is a 1942 American black-and-white World War II war film drama from 20th Century Fox, produced by Sol M. Wurtzel, directed by Herbert I. Leeds and starring Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis, Cornel Wilde, James Gleason, Lester Matthews, Louis Jean Heydt, and Ted North.
American civil engineering forces struggle to establish an operational radio base on the Philippines, with Japanese army forces resisting, and with the complication of a beautiful nightclub singer on site.
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After the Japanese army invades the Philippines and captures the radio station owned by the American Radio Communications Company, the staff manages to escape into the jungle, where they meet up with a band of determined Filipino Scouts (Moros). Together, they eventually cut their their way through the jungle and make it to the coast.Actors
Lloyd Nolan
(Lucky Matthews)
Carole Landis
(Edna Fraser)
Cornel Wilde
(Jeff Bailey)
James Gleason
(Tim O'Rourke)
Martin Kosleck
(Heller)
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