Suicide Battalion (1958)

6.3/10 79 min War

Overview

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".

Cast

Mike Connors

Matt McCormack

John Ashley

Tommy Novello

Jewell Lain

Elizabeth Ann Mason

Russ Bender

Sgt. Harry Donovan

Bing Russell

Lt. Chet Hall

Scott Peters

Pvt. Wally Zagorsky

Clifford Kawada

Colonel Hiosho

Marjorie Stapp

Beverly

Isabel Cooley

Julie

Hilo Hattie

Mama Lily

Sammee Tong

Papa Lily

Art Gilmore

Captain Hendry (uncredited)

Jackie Joseph

Cho-Cho (uncredited)

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