Lost Battalion (1960)

Directed by

Eddie Romero

Genre

war film

Country

Philippines

Runtime

1h 23m

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II, a group of soldiers and a woman find themselves trapped together behind enemy lines. They struggle to survive while facing danger and forming unexpected bonds.

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What happens

Lost Battalion (a.k.a. Escape to Paradise) is a 1960 black-and-white Filipino romantic war film produced and directed by Eddie Romero, and co-produced by Romero and Kane W. Lynn. Set during World War II, it stars Leopoldo Salcedo, Johnny Monteiro and Diane Jergens. It was later released in the US by American International Pictures as Lost Battalion, on a double feature with Guns of the Black Witch in 1962. The film's ad line read "200 Men and One Girl Trapped in a Ring of Steel!" (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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