They Were Expendable Movie Information

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Overall Rank: 3395

Average Rating: 2.8/4

# of Ratings: 30

Theatrical Release Date: 12/20/1945

Language: English

Genre: Drama, War

MPAA Rating: NR

Director: John Ford

Actors: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Jack Holt, Ward Bond, Marshall Thompson

Plot: After Pearl Harbor, a group of PT boats stationed in the Philippians battles with the Navy brass just as much as with Japanese incursions. -- Chris Kavan

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Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 03/25/2025

In the 1940s, combat rarely looked in movies the way it does in "They Were Expendable," a sobering and de-sentamentalized portrait of sacrifice.

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