Beach Red is a 1967 World War II film starring Cornel Wilde (who also directed) and Rip Torn. The film depicts a landing by the Americans on an unnamed Japanese held Pacific island. It is based on a lengthy piece of prose, not quite a novel written by Peter Bowman based on his experiences with the US Army in the Pacific Islands campaigns. Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Cornel Wilde Cornelius Louis Wilde (October 13, 1915 – October 16, 1989) was an American actor. ... Rip Torn as Chief Zed in the film Men in Black. ... For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... →this is tuff i mean kyle carters tuff Tuamotu, French Polynesia The Pacific Ocean contains an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 islands; the exact number has not been precisely determined. ...

The opening sequence of an opposed beach landing bear some resemblance to 'Saving Private Ryan', even though there is more than thirty years between the productions. Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 Academy-Award-winning film set in World War II, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. ...

The film then moves on, showing the Americans consolidating their gains and it looks back at the lives of some of the combatants - both American and Japanese. Like Wilde's previous production of The Naked Prey the film does not use subtitles for the Japanese. The Naked Prey (1966) is an adventure film starring Cornel Wilde, who also directed and produced. ...

The film only has one musical theme, a song by written Antonino Buenaventura that appears in the titles sung in a folk song manner by Jean Wallace and appears in various different orchestrations throughout the film. The titles of the film are various paintings that suddenly segues into the preparations for the landing. Actress Wallace in The Big Combo Chicago-born Jean Wallace (born: Jean Janina Walasek to Polish parents) (October 12, 1923 - February 14, 1990) was a film actress who was married 3 times; once to her Jigsaw (movie) co-star Franchot Tone from 1941 to 1948 and once to actor Cornel... In music, segue is a direction to the performer. ...

Director, producer, and co-writer Wilde plays a Marine Captain the company commander, Rip Torn plays his believable company gunnery sergeant who says the film's tagline "That's what we're here for. To Kill. The rest is all bull!" . Captain is a rank or title with various meanings. ... Rip Torn as Chief Zed in the film Men in Black. ... Gunnery Sergeant insignia (U.S. Marine Corps) Gunnery Sergeant is the seventh enlisted rank in the U.S. Marine Corps, just above Staff Sergeant and below Master Sergeant and First Sergeant, and is a staff non-commissioned officer. ... A tagline is a variant of a branding slogan typically used in marketing materials and advertising. ...

Trivia

• The film was filmed on location in the Philippines using troops of the Philippine Armed Forces. The sequence of the Japanese dressed in Marine uniforms was inspired by the original book mentioning Japanese wearing American helmets to infiltrate American lines.
• When seeking assistance from the U.S. Marine Corps, Cornel Wilde was told that due to the commitments of the Vietnam War all the Corps could provide the film was color stock footage taken during the Pacific Island campaigns. The film provided had deteriorated so Wilde had to spend a considerable part of the film's budget to restore the film to an acceptable quality in order to blend into the film. The Marine Corps was grateful that their historical film had been restored at no cost to them.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines or AFP is the military of the Philippines established by the or National Defense Act of December 21, 1935. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ... Cornel Wilde Cornelius Louis Wilde (October 13, 1915 – October 16, 1989) was an American actor. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... Stock footage, also termed archive footage, library pictures and file footage is film or video footage that is reused in a film. ... The Pacific Ocean has an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 islands; the exact number is unknown. ...

External links

• Beach Red at the Internet Movie Database