Devils in the Far East
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Devils in the Far East |
| Original title | Marines, let's go |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1961 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Raoul Walsh |
| script |
John Twist Raoul Walsh |
| production | Raoul Walsh |
| music |
Irving Gertz William Lava |
| camera | Lucien Ballard |
| cut | Robert L. Simpson |
| occupation | |
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Teufelskerle in Far East (Original title: Marines, Let's Go ) is an American war film directed by Raoul Walsh from 1961 . The film, the script of which was based on a story by the director, is set in the Korean War .
action
During their service in Korea, a group of soldiers from the front line are on vacation in Japan. The group includes the Boston attorney Chatfield, who wants to marry the Korean Song-Do, the cunning Roth, whom everyone calls "The Brain", and "Let's Go" McCaffrey, a hard-drinking soldier who can't get along with Chatfield. The men enjoy themselves in the bathhouses and nightclubs with Japanese and American women. McCaffrey gets into a fight and is due to face a court-martial. However, he escapes a negotiation because all soldiers are ordered to the front because a Chinese offensive is imminent.
Back in Korea, Chatfield returns to his lover. However, the pair are betrayed by a jealous rival Song-Dos and captured by the Chinese. McCaffrey and his men arrive in time to free the couple and save them from impending execution. The next day there is a skirmish with Chinese soldiers, McCaffrey is badly wounded. He drags himself to Chatfield, shakes his hand and dies.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films described the film as “a collection of the cheapest 'shooter-boom' jokes, exemplary of the increasingly downward trend towards trivialization in Hollywood war films during the 1960s. What is striking is the parallel to the military swanks and hero songs in German films of the 1930s. "
Howard Thompson of the New York Times wrote that "the film has delivered most of the vacation and battlefield stereotypes since the start of the talkie, and added some nonsense of its own."
background
It premiered on August 15, 1961 in New York City . The film was released in Germany on November 10th of the same year.
The film was shot in and around Kyoto , Japan .
Lucien Ballard was used as a replacement for the originally hired cameraman Charles G. Clarke . Clarke suffered a heart attack shortly after arriving in Kyoto and had to travel back to the United States.
Web links
- Daredevils in the Far East in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Teufelskerle in Far East in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on April 14, 2012
- ↑ Review of the New York Times (English)