Surrender - Hell!
{{Short description|1959 film}}
Surrender - Hell! is a 1959 American film based on the exploits of Donald Blackburn in World War II, fighting as a guerrilla leader during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.Keith Andes Good in New War Drama, Warren, Geoffrey. Los Angeles Times, 10 December 1959: C12.
Plot
Don Blackburn is stationed in the Philippines at the outset of World War II. After the order to surrender in 1942, Blackburn flees rather than becoming a prisoner. Helped by civilians, he eventually makes his way into the mountains of Luzon, where he organizes the headhunter tribes into a guerrilla force. Along with other similar forces, they liberate northern Luzon to aid in the reconquest of the Philippines.
Cast
- Keith Andes as Colonel Donald D. Blackburn
- Susan Cabot as Delia Guerrero
- Paraluman as Pilar
- Nestor de Villa as Major Bulao
- Vic Diaz as Village Market Owner (uncredited)
References
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External links
- {{tcmdb title|92004}}
- {{IMDb title|0051032}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190307112330/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bf3eee4 Surrender Hell] at BFI
- [https://catalog.afi.com/Film/53028-SURRENDER--HELL Surrender -- Hell!] at AFI
- [https://arsof-history.org/articles/v4n3_blackburn_page_1.html Donald D. Blackburn] at [https://arsof-history.org/index.html Army Special Operation Forces - History]
Category:American biographical films
Category:American films based on actual events
Category:Films set in the Philippines
Category:World War II films based on actual events
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