Manila Calling (1942)
1h 21m
Running Time
October 16, 1942Release Date
Manila Calling (1942)
1h 21m
Running Time
October 16, 1942Release Date
Plot.
During WWII, a group of brave Americans spy on the Japanese after their invasion of the Philippines and became the first U.S. Guerrilla fighters.
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Cast & Crew.
Lloyd Nolan
Lucky Matthews
Carole Landis
Edna Fraser
Cornel Wilde
Jeff Bailey
James Gleason
Tim O'Rourke
Ralph Byrd
Corbett
Herbert I. Leeds
Director
Charles Tannen
Fillmore
John Larkin
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 16, 1942
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 21m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Manila Calling is a 1942 American black-and-white World War II propaganda war film drama from 20th Century Fox, produced by Sol M. Wurtzel, directed by Herbert I. Leeds, that stars Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis, Cornel Wilde, James Gleason, Lester Matthews, Louis Jean Heydt, and Ted North.
The film's storyline concerns American civil engineering forces struggling to establish an operational radio base following the invasion of the Philippines, with Japanese army forces resisting, and with the complication of the arrival in their midst of a beautiful nightclub singer fleeing the Japanese.