They Were Expendable (1945)
In the losing battle of the Phillippines near the end of World War II, a PT Boat Squadron is slowly destroyed as it faces the violent death of war and the agonizing breakdown of the military structure in the Pacific. 2
Books with substantial mentioning of They Were Expendable
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David Thomson Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films New York, 2008 |
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Fred Landesman The John Wayne Filmography Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2004 |
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Mark Ricci, Boris Zmijewsky, Steve Zmijewsky The Complete Films of John Wayne New York, NY, 1995 |
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Danny Peary Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present New York, 1993 |
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| Tag Gallagher John Ford: The Man and His Films Berkeley-Los Angeles-London, 1986 |
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J.A. Place The Non-Western Films of John Ford Secaucus, NJ, 1979 |
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Joe Morella, Edward Z. Epstein and John Griggs The Films of World War II Secaucus, New Jersey, 1973 |
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