Tuesday, December 8, 2015

December 8 - No Man Is An Island


Today’s motion picture is a war movie with a scene that happens on December 8. Watch and enjoy this film tonight.

NO MAN IS AN ISLAND       

 On December 8, 1941 [6:34 to 10:07] Guam is bombed by the Japanese. Sailor George Tweed and five companions initially escape the Japanese occupiers. Eventually the others either die of injuries or are caught and killed by the Japanese, leaving Tweed alone. The Chammoros hide him at the risk of their own lives. Eventually, after thirty months,  Tweed makes contact with the American force sent to retake the island

In Racing the Sunrise: Reinforcing America’s Pacific Outposts 1941-1942 by Glen M. Williford (Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, 2010) we are told at page 208 that that the Japanese started bombing Guam at 8:30 a.m. on December 8.

Producers - Richard Goldstone and John Monks Jr.

Directors - Richard Goldstone and John Monks Jr.

Screenwriters - Richard Goldstone and John Monks Jr.

Runtime – 1 hour 54 minutes

Released – September 20, 1962

Starring –

Jeffrey Hunter as George R. Tweed
Marshall Thompson as Jonn Sonnenberg
Barbara Perez as "Joe" Cruz
Ronald Remy as Chico Torres
Paul Edwards Jr. as Al Turney
Rolf Bayer as Chief Schultz
Vicente Liwanag as Vicente
Fred Harris II as Roy Lund
Lamberto V. Avellana as Mr. Shimoda
Chichay as Mrs. Nakamura
Antonio de la Mogueis as Florecito
Vic Silayan as Major Hondo
Bert La Fortesa as Comdr. Oto Harada
Eddie Infante as Sus Quitugua
Nardo Ramos as Tumon
Rosa Mia as Primera Quitugua
Mike Anzures as Santos

Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015. 



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