They Were Expendable (Blu-ray)
Following the devastation of Pearl Harbor, two navy skippers take their small PT boats into action against the immense Japanese cruisers.
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Blu-ray BD-R Details
- ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.37:1
- Run Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: June 7, 2016
- Originally Released: 1945
- Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | John Wayne & Robert Montgomery | |
Performer: | Donna Reed, Ward Bond, Jack Holt, Marshall Thompson, Paul Langton, Leon Ames, Donald Curtis & Cameron Mitchell | |
Directed by | John Ford | |
Edited by | Frank E. Hull | |
Screenplay by | Frank Wead | |
Composition by | Herbert Stothart | |
Art Direction by | Cedric Gibbons & Malcolm Brown | |
Produced by | John Ford | |
Director of Photography: | Joseph H. August |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: B+ --
The most unfortunate thing about John Ford's excellent, elegiac war film, with a strong turn from John Wayne, was its release date, December 1945, since the war was over.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Rating: A --
Surprisingly rich film is one of the best war films ever made.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 3.5/4 --
The film moves along curiously and cautiously, prideful of the crews of the PT boats but also aware that each victory was achieved at a great cost and that sacrifices would have to continue to be made as the war trudged along.
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Creative Loafing
The real star of the film is the gorgeous, luminous, mostly outdoor black-and-white cinematography.
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Combustible Celluloid
Rating: 9/10 --
They Were Expendable was the first time [Ford] would loose the weight of his experiences on a general audience.
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Description by OLDIES.com:
Supplies are dwindling. Troops are hopelessly outnumbered. But even in defeat there is victory. The defenders of the Philippines -- including PT-boat skippers John Brickley (Robert Montgomery) and Rusty Ryan (John Wayne) -- will give the U.S. war effort time to regroup after the devastation of Pearl Harbor.
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