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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play  Once again returning to the genre to which he was perhaps best-suited director Lewis Milestone traces the fate of a Marine platoon in the Pacific theater during WWII The film stars Richard Widmark as the no-nonsense Lt Carl Anderson an officer charged with the responibility of leading his unit on a scouting mission to capture prisoners from an experimental rocket-launching facility and bring them back for interrogation Among his platoon are veterans Pidgeon Lane (Jack Palance) Doc (Karl Malden) and Sgt Zelenko (Neville Brand) as well as raw recruits Coffman (Robert Wagner) and Cpl Stuart Conroy (Richard Hylton) Anderson is skilled at subtly motivating the varied group of characters while suffering himself from crushing headaches The platoon attacks the island taking losses on the heavily defended beach When they try to take a strategic ridge they&39;re pinned down by rocket fire whose source is impossible to locate In desperation Anderson is ordered to take a hand-picked patrol behind enemy lines to bring back prisoners After some painful losses they finally return with prisoners This is a solid exceptionally well acted effort which gives full weight to the terrible human cost of war The film is also notable for great performances by Malden Palance Widmark Webb and the very young Wagner Actors Richard Widmark Karl Malden Robert Wagner Jack Palance Richard Boone Philip Ahn Skip Homeier & Jack Webb Director Lewis Milestone Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1951 Screen 43 Fullscreen 1331 Languages English - Dolby Digital (20) Stereo Additional Languages French; German; Italian; Spanish Subtitles English for the hearing impaired; Danish; Dutch; Finnish; French; German; Greek; Italian; Norwegian; Spanish; Swedish; Turkish Duration 1 hour and 48 minutes (approx)

Grim epic American war movie about the Pacific Campaign, starring Richard Widmark as a former teacher who is now a Lieutenant leading his Marines into battle on a heavily-fortified enemy island. Their objective is a Japanese rocket site in the island's interior, and the combat-packed story follows the squadron's progress as the Lieutenant tries to transform them into a cohesive fighting unit.