Varna, Bulgaria (as Mogadishu harbour) 98 of 111 found this interesting Interesting? 3 of 3 found this interesting. Filming Locations (14) Filming Dates (1) Filming Locations. Copyright © 2011 - 2020. Edit. Filming Locations (14) Filming Dates (2) Filming Locations.

They Were Expendable (1945) Filming & Production. Filming originally ended on April 25 but was continued on May 11, in Elmwood and New Orleans, Louisiana, including the French Quarter, South Peters Street, Fort Macomb, Claiborne Avenue and the Interstate 10 overpass. They Were Expendable is a 1945 American war film directed by John Ford, starring Robert Montgomery and John Wayne, and featuring Donna Reed. They include The film covers the World War II Battle of Bataan and the place Bataan which is a Central Luzon region province on Luzon island in the Philippines and occupies the whole of the Bataan Peninsula on the island. While a work of fiction, the book was based on actual events and people.Brickley and Ryan are frustrated for a time as they are assigned to mostly messenger duty. Numerous foreign films have been shot in the Philippines, with the location either representing itself or standing in for another tropical location.This article presents a partial list of films which have used shooting locations in the Philippines sorted by year. U.S.N., Ret"; Montgomery's onscreen credit reads: "Robert Montgomery Comdr. First war movie feature of John Ford. Edit.

Showing all 7 items Jump to: Filming Locations (6) Production Dates (1) Filming Locations. The film is based on the 1942 book by William Lindsay White, relating the story of the exploits of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three, a PT boat unit defending the Philippines against Japanese invasion during the Battle of the Philippines (1941–42) in World War II. All Rights Reserved.

Bucharest, Romania 109 of 116 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No. The movie was based on the real live exploits of John Bulkeley, a World War II Medal of Honor Recipient. Yes No. The PT boat unit Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three defends the Philippines from Japanese invasion during World War II. Florida Keys, Florida, USA 7 of 7 found this interesting Interesting? Plovdiv Airport, Bulgaria (Krumovo Airport) 26 of 27 found this interesting Interesting? Key Biscayne, Florida, USA 8 of 8 found this interesting Interesting? In a scene on the docks, a ship named the Lucien P. Libby is in the background.

First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood - 1760 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The real-life Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3 in the Philippines at the beginning of World War II was equipped with six 77-foot Elco PT boats, all either lost in combat or destroyed to prevent capture. Filmed in Miami, the closing shot with the lighthouse is the Cape Florida Lighthouse, in what is today the Cape Florida State Park. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 14 of 14 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No.

As they are about to leave on a mission to take on a large Japanese With the mounting Japanese onslaught against the doomed American garrisons at Since the acquisition of the film rights of William L. White's The film, which received extensive support from the Ford's onscreen directing credit reads, "Directed by John Ford, Captain U.S.N.R. U.S.N.R. Filmed in Miami, the closing shot with the lighthouse is the Cape Florida Lighthouse, in what is today the Cape Florida State Park. Classic Movie Hub. "Dad" Knowlton, the shipwright who repairs the PT boats, has a poignant little scene in which he refuses to leave the place he's lived and worked for forty years, although the Japanese are advancing. Edit. In a scene on the docks, a ship named the Lucien P. Libby is in the background. "For the rock group originally called They Were Expendable, see Yes No. The lighthouse withstood and was the scene of an Seminole Indian attack in 1835. Yes No.


When the officers are gathered around the dining table, they stand for a toast, Rusty misses and the drink goes down the front of his shirt, then quickly cuts. Directed by John Ford, Robert Montgomery. With Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Jack Holt. In the film, the Squadron 3 boats are represented by two 80-foot Elco and four 78-foot Huckins PT boats. In the biography "John Ford: A Bio-bibliography" by Bill Levy, there is a reference to Yes No.

Rusty Ryan, This is one of a handful of feature film movies that have featured the story of the World War II Battle of Bataan. "; Frank Wead's onscreen credit reads: "Screenplay by Frank Wead Comdr.

Eventually, their superiors send them to attack Japanese vessels. Romania 52 of 54 found this interesting Interesting? The lighthouse withstood and was the scene of an Seminole Indian attack in 1835.