They Were Expendable

19. 12. 1945 (1945-12-19)
[1]Trajanje135 min.Zemlja Sjedinjene DržaveJezikengleski

They Were Expendable (sh. Bili su potrošni); poznat i pod naslovom Bili su žrtvovani) je američki crno-bijeli ratni film snimljen 1945. u režiji Johna Forda. Radnja se temelji na knjizi Williama Lindsaya White koja je opisivala aktivnost američke Eskadre torpednih čamaca br. 3 za vrijeme bitke za Filipine na početku drugog svjetskog rata na Pacifiku. Radnja prikazuje kako pripadnici eskadre pod vodstvom poručnika Brickleya (koga tumači Robert Montgomery) ispočetka trpe porugu zato što služe na malim i "nevažnim" torpednim čamcima, ali kako se za vrijeme bitke pokaže kako su upravo ta plovila jedino sredstvo s kojim se Amerikanci mogu kako-tako suprotstaviti brojčano nadmoćnim japanskim napadačima. Film je sniman na Floridi uz suradnju američke ratne mornarice, koja je autorima "posudila" autentične PT čamce.

Uloge

  • Robert Montgomery ... Poručnik John Brickley
  • John Wayne ... Poručnik "Rusty" Ryan
  • Donna Reed ... Potporučnik Sandy Davyss
  • Jack Holt ... General Martin
  • Ward Bond ... BMC "Boats" Mulcahey
  • Marshall Thompson ... Zastavnik "Snake" Gardner
  • Paul Langton ... Zastavnik "Andy" Andrews
  • Leon Ames ... Major James Morton
  • Arthur Walsh ... Mornar Jones
  • Donald Curtis ... Poručnik "Shorty" Long
  • Cameron Mitchell ... Zastavnik George Cross
  • Jeff York ... Zastavnik Tony Aiken

  • Murray Alper ... TM1 "Slug" Mahan
  • Harry Tenbrook ... "Squarehead" Larsen SC 2c
  • Jack Pennick ... "Doc"
  • Alex Havier ... 'Benny' Lecoco ST 3c
  • Charles Trowbridge ... Admiral Blackwell
  • Robert Barrat ... General
  • Bruce Kellogg ... Stariji Tompkins M.M. 2c
  • Tim Murdock ... Zas. Brant
  • Louis Jean Heydt ... "Ohio"
  • Russell Simpson ... "Dad" Knowland
  • Vernon Steele ... Vojni ljekar

Izvori

Napomene

  1. They Were Expendable na filmskoj bazi podataka TCM

Literatura

  • Blank, Joan Gill. Key Biscayne. Sarasota, FL: Pineapple Press, 1996. ISBN 1-56164-096-4.

Vanjske veze

  • At Close Quarters – PT Boats in the United States Navy by Captain Robert J. Bulkley, Jr., USNR (Retired)
  • They Were Expendable na sajtu IMDb
  • They Were Expendable na AllMovie-u (en)
  • They Were Expendable na Rotten Tomatoes-u (en)
  • They Were Expendable na filmskoj bazi podataka TCM
  • They Were Expendable: A Critique of John Ford's 1945 War Film Arhivirano 2007-08-10 na Wayback Machine-u
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