Supplies are dwindling. Troops are hopelessly outnumbered. But even in defeat there is
Brickley
(Robert Montgomery) and Rusty Ryan (John Wayne) will give the U.S. war effort time to
regroup after the devastation of Pearl Harbor.
Director John Ford's World War II tale knows its battle-scarred topic firsthand. Montgomery
was himself a Pacific PT-boat commander and a valorous Bronze Star recipient. Ford filmed
the Academy Award-winning documentary Battle of Midway. And Wayne creates a portrait
of patriotic resolve as only he can. They Were Expendable salutes all who expended
themselves during some of the war's bleakest hours.
Supplies are dwindling. Troops are hopelessly outnumbered. But even in defeat there is
Brickley
(Robert Montgomery) and Rusty Ryan (John Wayne) will give the U.S. war effort time to
regroup after the devastation of Pearl Harbor.
Director John Ford's World War II tale knows its battle-scarred topic firsthand. Montgomery
was himself a Pacific PT-boat commander and a valorous Bronze Star recipient. Ford filmed
the Academy Award-winning documentary Battle of Midway. And Wayne creates a portrait
of patriotic resolve as only he can. They Were Expendable salutes all who expended
themselves during some of the war's bleakest hours.
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