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They Were Expendable (1945)
Directed by John Ford
Overview
Shortly after Pearl Harbor, a squadron of PT-boat crews in the Philippines must battle the Navy brass between skirmishes with the Japanese. The title says it all about the Navy’s attitude towards the PT-boats and their crews.
Rated NR | Length 135 minutes
Actors
Robert Montgomery | John Wayne | Donna Reed | Jack Holt | Ward Bond | Marshall Thompson | Paul Langton | Leon Ames | Arthur Walsh | Donald Curtis | Cameron Mitchell | Louis Jean Heydt | Jeff York | Murray Alper | Harry Tenbrook | Jack Pennick | Alex Havier | Charles Trowbridge | Robert Barrat | Bruce Kellogg | Tim Murdock | Russell Simpson | Vernon Steele | Robert Emmett O'Connor | Philip Ahn | Steve Barclay | Betty Blythe | Danny Borzage | Al Bridge | George Bruggeman | James Carlisle | Jack Carrington | Bruce Carruthers | Tony Carson | Jack Cheatham | Fred Coby | Roger Cole | Jane Crowley | Henry H. Daniels Jr. | William B. Davidson | Marjorie Davies | Larry Dods | William 'Red' Donahue | Blake Edwards | Frank Eldredge | John Epper | Jim Farley | Charles Ferguson | Lee Tung Foo | Art Foster | Almeda Fowler | Mary Jane French | Jon Gilbreath | James Gonzalez | Duke Green | Sherry Hall | Stuart Hall | Robert Homans | Michael Kirby | Michael Kostrick | Paul Kruger | Stubby Kruger | Jack Lee | Jack Lorenz | Leota Lorraine | Jack Luden | James Magill | George Magrill | Eve March | Maurice Marks | Kermit Maynard | Merrill McCormick | Frank McGrath | Leonard Mellin | Robert Milasch | Henry Mirelez | Jack Mower | Charles Murray Jr. | Forbes Murray | Bill Neff | Bill Nind | Wedgwood Nowell | Franklin Parker | Frank Pershing | Nino Pipitone Jr. | Dan Quigg | Joey Ray | William McKeever Riley | Jack Ross | John Roy | Harold Schlickenmayer | Phil Schumacher | Jack Semple | Sam Simone | Reginald Simpson | Leslie Sketchley | Ralph Soncuya | Larry Steers | Sammy Stein | Jack Stoney | Robert Strong | Bob Thom | Richard Thorne | Brad Towne | Jack Trent | Tom Tyler | Emmett Vogan | Eleanore Vogel | Hansel Warner | Billy Wilkerson | Roque Ybarra Jr.