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Battle at Bloody Beach

1961 · 83 min Drama War
4.3 / 10 · TMDB

This is only the second Audie Murphy movie set in WWII after his autobiographical "To Hell and Back." Here Murphy steps out of his usual kid-Western role to play a civilian working for the Navy helping supply guerilla insurgents in the Philippines. His sole motive is not politics nor bravery, but to find his bride from whom he was separated during the Japanese invasion two years before

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Year 1961
Country United States of America
Genre Drama, War
Director Herbert Coleman
Runtime 83 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.3/10 (7 votes)

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The film constructs a tense war thriller that relies on a motive of personal loss, which proves more powerful than abstract ideals. It explores the underbelly of heroism, where duty emerges from a deeply private tragedy.

Those who tire of grandiose battle spectacles will find a grounded, human-scale story of obsession and survival. What lingers after the final shot is the quiet weight of a soldier's heart — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Herbert Coleman

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