Beach Red

1967

Action / Drama / War

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 37% · 4 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 37% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 1950 2K

army beach world war ii jungle pacific island

Plot summary

American troops storm ashore on a Japanese-held island and push inland while their enemies plan a counterattack in this look at warfare. Soldiers on both sides are haunted by memories of home and the horrifying, sickening images they find in combat.

Director

Cornel Wilde Photo
Cornel Wilde

Top cast

Cornel Wilde Photo
Cornel Wilde as Capt. MacDonald / Narrator
Dale Ishimoto Photo
Dale Ishimoto as Captain Tanaka
Rip Torn Photo
Rip Torn as Sergeant Honeywell
Michio Hazama Photo
Michio Hazama as Captain Kondo
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
951.58 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 43 min
Seeds 3
1.73 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 43 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ma-cortes 6 / 10

Provoking and strange warlike picture ; being acted , written , produced and directed by Cornel Wilde

Visually compelling and focused on the battles of a group of Marines and on men's determination to survive their tour of duty . Intense and bloody fight for an occupied Pacific island and shot in Philippines outdoors . This is a thought-provoking as well as exciting wartime film about a spectacular battle for an essential island on the Pacific toll in which a typical crew of Marines fighting the ¨Yellow Menace¨ and it considered to be by some reviewers one of the best American films about the Pacific conflict during WWII ; however , being sometime slow , boring but generally worthwhile . At the beginning the American Marines ashore on a Japanese-held island . As an US marine unit formed by Captain MacDonald (Cornel Wilde) , Sergeant Honeywell (Rip Torn) and Privates (Jaime Sánchez , Burr DeBenning , Patrick Wolfe) fight against the defenders of a Japanese held island , both sides are haunted by their own thoughts and memories ; as battle experience hardens soldiers . What follows are a series of bloody attacks , on the beach , jungles , mountains in which the rifle company fighting Japanese who hold killers gun-machines and other deadly weapons .It is first hand account of a notorious battle on a Pacific island , and against an important base on a solitary atoll . Focusing on relationship between Capt. MacDonald/Cornel Wilde and his soldiers . Effectively portrays the dehumanizing psychological effects , battling soldiers on both sides are haunted by memories of home and the terrifying , sickening images they experience in combat , and using flashbacks by means of photos and images about their past existences . While the relationship between captain and his men makes the biggest impression and delivers the interesting main plot , among many sub-plots , some of which go nowhere . Interesting screenplay based on Peter Bowman's uniquely constructed novel "Beach Red" , it was published in 1945, near the end of World War II . The sequence in which Japanese troops tried to fool the US Marines by wearing their uniforms was taken directly from the source novel . This dark story produced/acted/directed by Wilde is immensely exciting , firmly characterized on its roles and in places very moving too . The film brings home the true horror of battle and the meaninglessness of it all and visually is stunning . Dealing with the inner thoughts , feeling and philosophical leaning of the soldiers , the picture sacrifices continuity to study several questions , utilizing records , memories and many other things . Combat images are naturally , well filmed and effective , getting spectacular scenes such as the impressive plane attacks on the ending . Atmospheric and evocative cinematography by Cecil Cooney . Sad and touching song sung by Jean Hagen , Cornel Wilde's wife . The movie has only one musical element , this song written by Antonino Buenaventura and it also is heard in other variations throughout the flick . Filmed in the Republic of Philippines and in Japan , the producer gratefully acknowledges the dedicated efforts and the cooperation of the entire cast , Department of National of Defense , the R.P. Marine Corps , the R. P. Navy , the R.P Army , the R.P Air Force , the R. P. Constabulary , the R.P. Research Institute , the R. P. Department of forest and a particularly the friendly and considerable people of the Philippines .This harrowing motion picture was compellingly starred , written , produced and directed by Cornel Wilde , being released through United Artists . Wilde does a competent job both as actor and filmmaker . It's amazingly well done movie , being Cornel Wilde's best film . He is especially credited as a good actor but also known for directing some acceptable flicks . His later films were of varying quality, and he ended his career in near-cameos in minor adventure films . As he directed adventures as ¨Maracaibo¨ ,¨Lancelot and Guinevere¨, ¨Sharks' Treasure¨ but also Noir Cinema as ¨The Devil's Hairpin¨, ¨Storm Fear¨ and Sci Fi : ¨Blade of Grass¨. ¨Beach red¨ rating : 6.5/10 , good film , well worth watching . Essential and indispensable seeing for warfare fans . It's a good stuff for young people and war movie lovers who enjoy enormously with the extraordinary battles in the lush jungle.Other fundamental tales based on Pacific landings were the followings : ¨Thin red line¨ by Andrew Marton with Keir Dullea and Jack Warden and ¨Thin red line¨ directed by Terence Malick with star-laden cast as Jim Cazievel as Private protagonist , Sean Penn as the Sergeant , and many others as George Clooney, Nick Nolte and Woody Harrelson . Furthermore , another important film about Guadalcanal battle turns out to be ¨Guadalcanal diary¨ by Lewis Seiler with Anthony Quinn , Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan and Richard Conte .
Reviewed by Oslo_Jargo 5 / 10

Beach of the Dead

Pretty average Pacific Island war film, it has Cornel Wilde (who also directed) and Rip Torn in it, which isn't saying much. Rip Torn is reliable but he's given a stupid scenario and not much screen time. The script is lazily assembled and messy, and towards the end, the whole film becomes so deluded in unbelievable scenes that it detracts from the decent Marine landing opening.1950's tanks are used and also Filipino army regulars take the place of Japanese soldiers in a horrible scene where they are wiped out by bombing and strafing planes.Cornel Wilde is ridiculous as a Captain, who is at the front battle lines, why, because he also wrote the script. He wanted to appear like a hero so he takes a shot at the glory. Most of the cast is played by wooden young men who can't act very well. Add a dispersed monologue from each soldier, boring flashbacks a la 60's clothing and hairstyles, and an annoying 1960's folk song.The battle scenes are also hampered by an imposed, black smoke that seems to have been put in in the studio post-production. A few camera shadows and other mistakes are also apparent.Still, it's worth a look if you liked Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) and Halls of Montezuma (1950).
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