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They Were Expendable

1945, Movie, NR, 135 mins

They Were Expendable: Cast & Details

Year: 1945
Rated NR
Parental Rating: Acceptable for children
Country Of Origin: U.S.
Running Time: 135
Format: Black & White
Genre(s): War
Production Co(s).: MGM
Released By: MGM

Award(s)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Sound Recording - Douglas Shearer
Academy Award Nominee: Best Special Effects - A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, R. A. MacDonald, Michael Steinore

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Cast
Robert Montgomery: Lt. John Brickley
John Wayne: Lt. J.G. "Rusty" Ryan
Donna Reed: 2nd Lt. Sandy Davyss
Jack Holt: Gen. Martin
Ward Bond: "Boots" Mulcahey
Marshall Thompson: Ens. Snake Gardner
Paul Langton: Ens. Andy Andrews
Leon Ames: Maj. James Morton
Arthur Walsh: Seaman Jones
Donald Curtis: Lt. J.G. "Shorty" Long
Cameron Mitchell: Ens. George Cross
Jeff York: Ens. "Lefty" Tony Aiken
Murray Alper: "Slug" Mahan
Harry Tenbrook: "Cookie" Squarehead Larsen
Jack Pennick: "Doc"
J. Alex Havier: Benny Lacoco, Steward
Charles Trowbridge: Adm. Blackwell
Bruce Kellogg: Lt. Elder Tompkins
Louis Jean Heydt: Capt. Ohio Carter
Robert Barrat: Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Russell Simpson: Dad Knowland
Vernon Steele: Army Doctor at Corregidor
Trina Lowe: Gardner's Girl Friend
Robert Shelby Randall: Boat Crew Member
Art Foster: Boat Crew Member
Larry Dods: Boat Crew Member
Jack Stoney: Boat Crew Member
Duke Green: Boat Crew Member
Harold Kruger: Boat Crew Member
Phil Schumacher: Boat Crew Member
Frank Pershing: Boat Crew Member
Joey Ray: Boat Crew Member
Dan Borzage: Boat Crew Member
William Neff: Boat Crew Member
Del Hill: Boat Crew Member
Bill Barnum: Boat Crew Member
William Lundigan: Boat Crew Member
Michael Kirby: Boat Crew Member
William McKeever Riley: Boat Crew Member
Frank McGrath: Slim
Sammy Stein: Sammy
Blake Edwards: Gunner
Ernest Sefton: Navy Officer
Stephen Barclay: Navy Officer
Franklin Parker: Navy Officer
Robert Emmett O'Connor: Bartender at Silver Dollar
Leslie Sketchley: Marine Orderly
Philip Ahn: Army Orderly
Pacita Tod-Tod: Filipino Girl Singer
Robert E. Homans: Bartender at Manila Hotel
William B. Davidson: Hotel Manager
Jack Cheatham: Commander
Forbes Murray: Navy Captain
Emmett Vogan: Navy Doctor
Sherry Hall: Marine Major
Alan Bridge: Lt. Colonel
Jack Luden: Naval Air Captain
Jon Gilbreath: Sub Commander
Marjorie Davies: Nurse
Eve March: Nurse
Karl Miller: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Leonard Stanford: Personnel in Admiral's Office
George Bruggeman: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Reginald Simpson: Personnel in Admiral's Office
James Carlisle: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Dutch Schlickenmeyer: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Tony Carson: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Jack Lorenz: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Brad Towne: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Charles Calhoun: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Leonard Mellin: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Frank Donahue: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Dan Quigg: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Clifford Rathjen: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Dick Karl: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Jack Lee: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Wedgewood Nowell: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Dick Thorne: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Leonard Fisher: Personnel in Admiral's Office
John Roy: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Michael Kostrick: Personnel in Admiral's Office
James Magill: Personnel in Admiral's Office
George Magrill: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Sam Simone: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Paul Kruger: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Bruce Carruthers: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Jack Semple: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Roy Thomas: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Robert Thom: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Larry Steers: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Gary Delmar: Personnel in Admiral's Office
Eleanore Vogel
Leota Lorraine
Almeda Fowler
Betty Blythe
Jane Crowley: Officers' Wives
Charlie Murray Jr.: Jeep Driver
Margaret Morton: Bartender's Wife
George Economides: Bartender's Child
Michael Economides: Bartender's Child
Roque Ybarra: Bartender's Child
Nino Pipitone Jr.: Bartender's Child
Ralph Soncuya: Filipino Orderly
Vincent Isla: Filipino Schoolteacher
Max Ong: Mayor of Cebu
James Farley: Mate
Ernest Dominguez: Filipino Boy
Henry Mirelez: Filipino Boy
Lee Tung Foo: Bartender
Tom Tyler: Captain of Airport
Billy Wilkerson: Sgt. Smith
John Carlyle: Lt. James
Mary Jane French: Lost Nurse
Patrick Davis: Pilot
Roger Cole: Officers at Airport
Fred Coby
Jack Ross: Officers at Airport
Brent Shugar: Officers at Airport
Kermit Maynard: Officers at Airport
Bill Donahue: Officers at Airport
Frank Eldredge: Officers at Airport
Jack Carrington: Officers at Airport
Hansel Warner: Officers at Airport
Charles Ferguson: Officers at Airport
John Trent: Officers at Airport
Robert Strong: Officers at Airport
John Epper: Officers at Airport
Bill Nind: Officers at Airport
Donald S. Lewis: Officers at Airport
Merrill McCormack: Wounded Officer at Airport
Jack Mower: Officer

Credits
Robert Montgomery: Director - uncredited
John Ford: Director
Frank Wead: Writer - based on the book by William L. White
William L. White: Source
John Ford: Producer
Joseph August: Cinematographer
Douglas Biggs: Editor
Frank E. Hull: Editor
Herbert Stothart: Musical Composer
Malcolm Brown: Art Director
Cedric Gibbons: Art Director
Ralph S. Hurst: Set Decorator
Edwin B. Willis: Set Decorator
A. Arnold Gillespie: Special Effects