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They Were Expendable

A Tribute to Those Who Did So Much... With So Little!

6.5 average rating
★★★★★
6.5
English / 135 MIN. / 1945

The Genres

The Synopsis

After a demonstration of new PT boats, Navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.

The Cast

Robert MontgomeryJohn WayneDonna ReedJack HoltWard BondMarshall ThompsonPaul LangtonLeon AmesArthur WalshDonald CurtisCameron MitchellLouis Jean HeydtJeff YorkMurray AlperHarry TenbrookJack PennickAlex HavierCharles TrowbridgeRobert BarratBruce KelloggTim MurdockRussell SimpsonVernon SteeleRobert Emmett O'ConnorPhilip AhnSteve BarclayBetty BlytheDanny BorzageAl BridgeGeorge BruggemanJames CarlisleJack CarringtonBruce CarruthersTony CarsonJack CheathamFred CobyRoger ColeJane CrowleyHenry H. Daniels Jr.William B. DavidsonMarjorie DaviesLarry DodsWilliam 'Red' DonahueBlake EdwardsFrank EldredgeJohn EpperJim FarleyCharles FergusonLee Tung FooArt FosterAlmeda FowlerMary Jane FrenchJon GilbreathJames GonzalezDuke GreenSherry HallStuart HallRobert HomansMichael KirbyMichael KostrickPaul KrugerStubby KrugerJack LeeJack LorenzLeota LorraineJack LudenJames MagillGeorge MagrillEve MarchMaurice MarksKermit MaynardMerrill McCormickFrank McGrathLeonard MellinRobert MilaschHenry MirelezJack MowerCharles Murray Jr.Forbes MurrayBill NeffBill NindWedgwood NowellFranklin ParkerFrank PershingNino Pipitone Jr.Dan QuiggJoey RayWilliam McKeever RileyJack RossJohn RoyHarold SchlickenmayerPhil SchumacherJack SempleSam SimoneReginald SimpsonLeslie SketchleyRalph SoncuyaLarry SteersSammy SteinJack StoneyRobert StrongBob ThomBrad TowneJack TrentTom TylerEmmett VoganEleanore VogelHansel WarnerBilly WilkersonRoque Ybarra Jr.

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