Beachhead

Beachhead (1954)

Is not just a war move.

On a Japanese-occupied island during World War II, only two soldiers remain alive after a mission attempt goes horribly wrong. Trapped on the island, they must escort a scientist and his daughter to the other side of the island where their ship awaits. They must battle nature, hard terrain, and advancing Japanese troops.

Date of release
1954-02-05
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (21)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
War
Director
Stuart Heisler

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: I've Got Mine
  • Filmed in: Hawaii

Beachhead! is a 1954 American Technicolor war film based on U.S. Marine Corps Captain Richard G. Hubler 1945 novel I've Got Mine about World War II. It was filmed on Kauai island in the Hawaiian Islands by Aubrey Schenck Productions, released through United Artists studio and directed by Stuart Heisler.

Production

Filmed on Hawaiian locations on Kauaʻi, including Hanalei Pier, the film was budgeted at US$450,000 with the producers arranging to release Tony Curtis from his contract with Universal-International studios. Many of the roles in the film were filled by Hawaiians such as Sam "Steamboat" Mokuahi, Democratic Party organiser Dan Aoki, and Akira Fukunaga, the latter two being veterans of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

The producers went to the US Marine Corps to seek technical assistance for the making of the film. Although the Corps liked the idea of the film, they refused to provide cooperation. As two of the four Marines were killed in the screenplay, the Public Information Officer said that the Marines would not provide any assistance to any film showing the Corps taking 50 per cent casualties as they were in the midst of a new recruiting campaign emphasis…

Mary Murphy felt that Stuart Heisler was trying to make her look like a version of the director's own wife. She was also nearly attacked by a drunken cameraman on the film's isolated Hawaiian location.

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