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Intramuros (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
83 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1964 and produced in:
Philippines ( India, Eastern Asia )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Gerardo de Leon
Eddie Romero

Written By:
Ferde Grofé Jr.
Cesar Amigo
Eddie Romero

Actors:
Jock Mahoney ..... Lt. Jim Sorenson
Fernando Poe Jr. ..... Sgt. Nardo Maglaya
Michael Parsons ..... Papa
Oscar Roncal ..... Joker
Paul Edwards Jr. ..... Murray
Ely Ramos Jr. ..... Jose
Fred Galang ..... Pedring
Vance Skarstedt ..... Major Briggs
Cecilia Lopez ..... Tina
Arsenio Alonzo ..... Major
Claude Wilson
Pedro Navarro ..... Soldier
Carpi Asturias
Andres Centenera
Paquito Salcedo
Alex Swanbeck
Tommy Romulo
Willie Salcedo
Angel Buenaventura
George Kramer
Jess Montalban
Walter Phelps
Ben Sanchez
Reynaldo Sibaldo
Angelo Ventura

Synopsis:

This gritty, atmospheric war movie dramatizes a chapter of World War II history in which 10,000 Japanese soldiers, fearing execution if they surrendered, disobeyed their own superiors' orders and barricaded themselves in Manila's Intramuros section along with a thousand or so unfortunate civilians. The walled city-within-the-city was built by Spanish colonialists from 1590 onward. Leading Allied forces trying to wear the trapped Axis troops' resistance down is Jock Mahoney as a gruff American officer carrying a big load of guilt from a prior operation gone wrong. Shot in impressive chiaroscuro-lit black-and-white on location, this was a fairly rare U.S. coproduction at the time, though the Philippines would shortly become a hub for English- language exploitation movies (with co-directors Eddie Romero and Gerardo de Leon among the busiest creators of features designed for both local and overseas audiences). WALLS OF HELL must have been a bittersweet project for de Leon: during WW2 he was forced to make propaganda films by Japanese occupiers even as he secretly worked against them in the underground resistance. - Dennis Harvey

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 28 November, 2019.