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Beachhead! is a 1954 American Technicolor war film based on U.S. Marine Corps Captain Richard G. Hubler 1945 novel I've Got Mine about World War II. It was filmed on Kauai island in the Hawaiian Islands chain in the mid - Pacific Ocean by Aubrey Schenck Productions, released through United Artists studio and directed by Stuart Heisler .
Beachhead: Directed by Stuart Heisler. With Tony Curtis, Frank Lovejoy, Mary Murphy, Eduard Franz. In 1943, in the wake of the Allied amphibious landing on the Japanese-held Bougainville Island, four Marines are sent to scout the location of Japanese minefields.
- (1.2K)
- Drama, War
- Stuart Heisler
- 1954-02-05
During World War II, four Marines land on a Pacific island to execute the rescue of French planter Bouchard (Eduard Franz) and his daughter, Nina (Mary Murphy). With Japanese soldiers hidden ...
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- Dennis Schwartz
- War, Drama
- Stuart Heisler
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Synopsis. During the World War II, Western Pacific campaign, the island of Bougainville is occupied by the Japanese. Thirty miles away, Sergeant Fletcher, a twenty-six-year Marine Corps veteran, is informed by Major Scott that a full-scale invasion of Bougainville is planned. Scott also states that a French plantation owner, Bouchard, has ...
- Stuart Heisler, Emmett Emerson
- Tony Curtis
Beachhead (1954) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
27 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 7/10. Good Pacific Theater war drama. NewEnglandPat 21 November 2009. One of Tony Curtis' early starring roles is this war film of a detachment of Marines sent out to locate a planter and verify a message he sent concerning the location of Japanese minefields on the island.
