Jock Mahoney
Lt. Sorenson
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An American reporter named Murray (Paul Edwards Jr.) arrives at the front where a guerrilla unit led by a Lt. Sorenson (Jock Mahoney) makes contact with a young Filipino guerilla named Nardo (Fernando Poe Jr.) who had escaped from Intramuros through a sewer tunnel.
WALLS OF HELL must have been a bittersweet project for de Leon: during WW2 he was forced to make propaganda films by Japanese occupiers even as he secretly worked against them in the underground resistance.
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- Drama, War
- Gerardo de Leon, Eddie Romero
- 1965-11-17
In the final days of the battle of Manila during World War II, fanatical Japanese naval forces barricade themselves inside the walls of Intramuros, the ancient Spanish walled city of Manila.
The Walls of Hell. Defeated Japanese troops retreat to a Filipino fortress in 1945. The scenes in the film are quite realistic and blaze with action and excitement. This is...
- (1)
- Gerry de Leon, Eddie Romero
- War, History, Drama
The Walls of Hell. In the final days of the battle of Manila during World War II fanatical Japanese naval forces barricade themselves inside the walls of Intramuros the ancient Spanish...
- (5)
- Jock Mahoney
- Eddie Romero, Gerardo de Leon
- Filigrana Films Hemisphere Pictures
After Japanese troops retreat to Intramuros with 10,000 Filipino captives, American Lt. Jim Sorenson — whose wife is one of the prisoners — leads guerrilla forces on a dangerous rescue mission. Escaped prisoner Nardo helps Sorenson and his men.
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Nov 13, 2001 · Walls of Hell (Intramuros) is a solid B war film produced in the Philippines. Based on an actual incident, the story revolves around U.S. and Filipino efforts to defeat 10,000 Japanese marines who defied orders and took over an ancient walled fortress in Manila for a fight to the death. 20,000 civilians are trapped inside.
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