Beach Red (1967) |
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| Director(s) | Cornel Wilde |
| Producer(s) | Cornel Wilde |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, War |
| Top Topics | World War II |
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Cornel Wilde(as Capt. MacDonald / Narrator)
Beach Red
Released
1967
Beach Red
Released
1967
Cornel Wilde
(as Capt. MacDonald / Narr...)
Rip Torn(as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell)
Beach Red
Released
1967
Beach Red
Released
1967
Rip Torn
(as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honey...)
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Beach Red (1967) was a Drama - War Film directed by Cornel Wilde and produced by Cornel Wilde.
Academy Awards 1967 --- Ceremony Number 40 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Film Editing | Frank P. Keller | Nominated |
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The movie has only one musical element. This is a song written by Antonino Buenaventura and sung by Jean Wallace. It also is heard in other variations throughout the film.
According to the sleeve notes of the Australian Warner Home Video cassette release, the name 'Beach Red' was "named after the actual beach chosen by General Douglas MacArthur in 1942 to fulfill his famous promise that 'We will return'."
The sequence where the Japanese army mimicked the US Marines by wearing their uniforms was inspired from the source novel. It includes a passage where the Japanese wore American helmets whilst penetrating the American lines.
The Japanese language is not subtitled in this movie as with director Cornel Wilde's earlier film The Naked Prey.
The film utilized actual real color combat footage provided by the U.S. Marine Corps filmed during military campaigns in the Pacific Islands.