Manila Calling (1942)
- Directed by
- Herbert I. Leeds
- Genre
- war film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
American civil engineers try to set up a radio base in the Philippines after a Japanese invasion. A nightclub singer arrives and adds complications as they struggle against Japanese resistance.
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What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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