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Easily one of the most inspiring and combat intensive movies of WWII. There are some great scenes of fire and maneuver tactics; especially in the opening battle when the platoon led by Lt. "Stock" (Ty Hardin) hits the Japanese artillery battery before they descend on Walaubum.
Another great battle scene is where the Marauders hit the railway at Shaduzup. The highlight being the nightmarish close quarter battle at the tank traps near the oil storage tanks. It concludes with "Stock" walking on top of the tank traps amid the horrendous piles of Japanese and American dead.
Jeff Chandler does an admirable job of playing the tough and firm Brigadier General Frank Merrill pushing his men to the limit on General Joseph Stillwell's orders. Claude Akins (Rio Bravo, The Devils Brigade, Movin' On) gives a memorable performance as Sgt. Kolowicz, Peter Brown (Lawman, Days Of Our Lives, Loving) plays the sharpshooter "Bullseye," Will Hutchins (Sugarfoot) as the bottomless pit stomach "Chowhound," Charley Briggs as "Muley" the mule handler of "Eleanor" with Filipino actor Pancho Magalona as "Taggy," and rounding out the able cast of supporting actors is Andrew Duggan as "Doc."
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As a young Air Force corpsman stationed at Clark airbase during the filming of Merrill's Marauders, I had the opportunity to be on the set several times as the "resident" medical person in case of an accident or injury and had a short scene in the film with Andy Dugan that ended up on the cutting room floor. I met all the stars and had a ball. Besides, I got paid $20 per day and they served a great box lunch. One of the blogs I have read says that the extras were members of the Army Special Forces. That is not true, they were air force folks. Another blog states that Jeff injured his back while making the movie. That, too, is incorrect. He came to the Philippines with a serious back injury. It was exacerbated by the extreme work he did on the film. I worked in the orthopedic ward at the time of the filming and he slept on a hard mattress in our ward at night and was frequently in need of pain medicine. A doctor there told him that he should wait until he returned to the US to have surgery. He did so, and you know the rest of the story.
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Great Movie. Lots of young stars, but now they are old or gone. Great movie history. Lots of these guys got their start in this flim. One bad part is that this was Jeff Chandlers last movie. He hurt his back while fliming this movie. And died from comp. from the surgery on his back.Very sad he was a great star.
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Merrill's Marauders comprises the title of this fighting group whose aim was to cut off the potential linkage of Japanese troups with those of the Axis' powers. A true story, this 3,000 strong American army, marched through the hellish jungles of Indian-Burma borderland. Catching various diseases (typhoid, malaria), bitten by leaches, snake bites and other and suffering malnutrition the group reaches their first destination - a jungle strong point. Recouperating from the ordeal they are sure that they soon will be sent home, many of them already battle seasoned from the beaches of Guadalacanal. Instead, they are summoned to make one last effort in support of the British and Commonwealth forces and go in pursuit of an enemy airfield holding the key to the region. Col Merrill and his men, now reduced to a decimal of the original force nearing final exhaustion manage to attack and seize their target and are finally relieved of duty, now only 100 men strong. If you want to see how leadership is tested, when support from above is miniscule and you only have your own strength and that of your men to rely upon...then this is the film for you.
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Movies really can't do justice to the reality of war. This
film gives you a view of the hardships and struggles the
Marauders when through to accomplish their mission (s).
They fought a thankless "make do" war with almost no support.
But they fought and won.
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