Badly produced routine WW II propaganda film presents little action, using the heroic stand on "The Rock" in spring 1942 as a weak backdrop for an even weaker love triangle. Two doctors, Kruger and Woods, compete for the love of a third physician, Landi, when they are not operating on the
endless lines of wounded soldiers inside an underground tunnel. Corregidor was honeycombed with such tunnels, which allowed the poverty row PRC studio to confine its scenes to such claustrophobic quarters and to use stock footage of Japanese troops in their conquest of China a decade earlier. Only
Kruger gives a palatable performance in a crudely directed vehicle. The beautiful La...
Released:
1943
Rated:
NR
Length:
74 mins