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Release Date:
February 28, 1958
Original Title:
Suicide Battalion
Alternate Titles:
Batallón suicida
Genres:
War
Production Companies:
American International Pictures
Zuma Productions
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 79
Second World War drama, set in the Philippines about a group of men recruited for the dangerous mission of destroying an American base to keep strategic papers out of enemy hands when Japanese forces invade. The men spend their last hours drowning their sorrows in a bar, but time is running out. American International Pictures originally distributed this film as a double feature with "Jet Attack".
Director:
Edward L. Cahn
Director of Photography:
Floyd Crosby
Executive Producer:
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Hair Supervisor:
Ida McGaugh
Makeup Artist:
David Newell
Music:
Ronald Stein
Producer:
Lou Rusoff
Production Supervisor:
Austen Jewell
Set Decoration:
Harry Reif
Sound:
Frank Webster
Sound Editor:
Josef von Stroheim
Story:
Lou Rusoff
Wardrobe Supervisor:
Norman Martien
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