They Were Expendable

In December 1941, Lt. John "Brick" Brickley (Robert Montgomery) commands a squadron of agile but small and unproven U.S. Navy PT boats based at Cavite in the Philippines. He puts on a demonstration of their maneuverability and seakeeping capabilities for the senior area commander, Admiral Blackwell (Charles Trowbridge), who remains unimpressed by their diminutive size and lightweight construction. Lt. J. G. "Rusty" Ryan (John Wayne), Brick's immature executive officer, is hot on getting into combat. He becomes disgusted at the admiral's close-minded dismissal and is writing his request for transfer to destroyer duty when news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor arrives by radio bulletin.

MPAA Rating:	NR
Genre:	Drama, War
Country:	United States
Produced By:	John Ford, Cliff Reid
Directed By:	John Ford, Robert Montgomery
Written By:	Frank Wead, William L. White, George Froeschel, Jan Lustig, Norman Corwin
Cast:	Robert Barrat, Harold Schlickenmayer, John Wayne, Paul Kruger, Larry Dods, Pedro De Cordoba, Jack Stoney, Jack Carrington, Jack Mower, Jack Lee, Philip Ahn, Sammy Stein, Billy Wilkerson, Frank Pershing, Joey Ray, Almeda Fowler, Jack Pennick, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Lee Tung Foo, Ward Bond, Maurice Marks, Bill Neff, Jack Trent, George Magrill, Mary Jane French, Leon Ames, John Epper, Al Bridge, William 'Red' Donahue, Merrill McCormick, William B. Davidson, Jane Crowley, Jon Gilbreath, Ralph Soncuya, Bruce Kellogg, Cameron Mitchell, Dan Quigg, Vernon Steele, Wedgwood Nowell, Robert Montgomery, Robert Milasch, John Carlyle, Blake Edwards, Phil Schumacher, Arthur Walsh, Bob Thom, Charles Trowbridge, Robert Strong, Frank McGrath, Jim Farley, Emmett Vogan, Betty Blythe, Henry H. Daniels Jr., Kermit Maynard, Jack Luden, Frank Donahue, Robert Homans, Donna Reed, James Gonzalez, Marjorie Davies, Forbes Murray, Paul Langton, Charles Murray Jr., Frank Eldredge, Donald Curtis, Russell Simpson, Roger Cole, Ted Lundigan, Steve Barclay, Duke Green, Sherry Hall, Michael Kirby, Franklin Parker, James Magill, Charles Ferguson, Louis Jean Heydt, Leota Lorraine, Danny Borzage, Stubby Kruger, Jack Holt, Tony Carson, Hansel Warner, Richard Thorne, Bruce Carruthers, Jack Lorenz, Murray Alper, George Bruggeman, Reginald Simpson, Harry Tenbrook, Bill Barnum, Stuart Hall, Leslie Sketchley, John Roy, Jack Cheatham, George Economides, Marshall Thompson, Fred Coby, Gary Delmar, Alex Havier, Tom Tyler, Jeff York, Tim Murdock, Eve March, Larry Steers, James Carlisle, Art Foster
In Theaters:	Dec 20, 1945
Runtime:	2 hours 15 minutes
Production:	Loew's
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