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Three Came Home
๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia The 1940sThe true story of one woman's personal experience! โ Borneo, 1941, during World War II. When the Japanese occupy the island, American writer Agnes Newton Keith is separated from her husband and imprisoned with her son in a prison camp run by the enigmatic Colonel Suga.
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Malaya
๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia The 1940sAfter living abroad for several years, journalist John Royer returns to the United States just after the U.S. enters World War II. His boast that he could easily smuggle rubber, a key wartime natural resource, out of Malaya has him tasked with doing just that. He manages to get someone from his past, Carnaghan, sprung from Alactraz and together they head off to South East Asia posing as Irishmen. Once there, Carnaghan lines up some of his old cronies and with Royer and a few plantation owners plans to smuggle the rubber out from under the Japanese army's watchful eye.
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The Hasty Heart
๐ฒ๐ฒ Myanmar The 1940sIt's 1945, Burma, the day the war is over! For many this means they've survived and will be going home. But not for everyone. A Scottish soldier, Corporal Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan is the victim of a wound to the lower back on this day. He's moved to a M.A.S.H. unit and undergoes surgery. As time goes by he begins to recover and watches, in dismay as soldiers pack up and head for home. The doctors have told him he needs to remain "for observation".
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Rogues' Regiment
๐ป๐ณ VietnamLast outpost of adventure ! Where men leave to fight and fight to leave ! โ A post World War 2, US Army agent is assigned to join the Foreign Legion in search of high ranking Nazi war criminal who may have also enlisted.
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Sword of the Avenger
๐ต๐ญ Philippines The 1820sRoberto Balagtas is falsely arrested for treason and sent to prison where he is tortured. He escapes with other prisoners, but only Batagtas survives the escape, carrying with him a treasure map left by one of the others. He crosses paths with Ming Tang (Strong) and a group of Chinese smugglers, with whom he finds the treasure. The booty makes him extremely wealthy, and he changes his name to Don Diego Sebastian. He then goes back to the Philippines to seek his revenge.
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Saigon
๐ป๐ณ VietnamAfter World War II Larry learns that his flying buddy Mike will only live a short time despite the efforts of the doctors. He takes on a profitable flying job for profiteers Maris to finance a good time for his buddy. As the plane takes off he shoves Maris' secretary Susan on board. When Mike falls for her, Larry tells her to play along for Mike's sake. She, of course, falls for Larry.
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Singapore
๐ธ๐ฌ SingaporeShe was back with him... as a stranger โ After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancรฉe, alluring Linda, and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces...with amnesia and married to rich planter Van Leyden. Meanwhile, sinister fence Mauribus schemes to get Matt's pearls.
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Anna and the King of Siam
๐น๐ญ Thailand The 1870s The 1860sIn 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.
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They Were Expendable
๐ต๐ญ Philippines The 1940sA Tribute to Those Who Did So Much... With So Little! โ Shortly after Pearl Harbor, a squadron of PT-boat crews in the Philippines must battle the Navy brass between skirmishes with the Japanese. The title says it all about the Navy's attitude towards the PT-boats and their crews.
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Back to Bataan
๐ต๐ญ PhilippinesSEE! Battle of Bataan! March of Death! Guerilla Raids! Fierce bolo fighters in action! โ An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.
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Objective, Burma!
๐ฒ๐ฒ Myanmar The 1940sAn American platoon parachutes into Burma to take out a strategic Japanese outpost โ A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish this well enough, but when they try to rendezvous at an old air-strip to be taken back to their base, they find Japanese waiting for them, and they must make a long, difficult walk back through enemy-occupied jungle.
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Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors
๐ฎ๐ฉ IndonesiaThe first Japanese feature-length animated film. It was directed by Mitsuyo Seo, who was ordered to make a propaganda film for the war by the Japanese Naval Ministry. Shochiku Moving Picture Laboratory shot the 74-minute film in 1944 and screened it on April 12, 1945. It is a sequel to Momotarล no Umiwashi, a 37-minute film released in 1943 by the same director. It is black and white. The whole movie also depicts the Japanese "liberation of Asia", as proclaimed by the Government at the time. Seo tried to give dreams to children, as well as to instill the hope for peace, with hidden movie's hints of dreams and hopes, under the appearance of war propaganda.
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Los รบltimos de Filipinas
๐ต๐ญ Philippines The 1890sThe Philippines, 1898, during the Spanish-American War. Fifty Spanish soldiers guarding the outpost established in the small village of Baler endure the cruel siege of the Filipino rebels for eleven months, although the war is almost lostโฆ
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The Story of Dr. Wassell
๐ฎ๐ฉ IndonesiaFlaming Action from the Jungles of Java to China and the Seven Seas! โ As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to escape from Java with some crewmen of the cruiser Marblehead. Based on a true story of how Dr. Wassell saved a dozen or so wounded sailors who were left behind when able bodied men were evacuated to Australia.
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The Eve of St. Mark
๐ต๐ญ Philippines The 1940sQuizz West is conscripted into the United States Army in late 1940. Prior to being shipped out first to San Francisco, then the Philippines, Quizz and his hometown girlfriend Janet discuss their future plans.
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The Dawn of Freedom
๐ต๐ญ PhilippinesThis film was made by the Japanese occupation authorities in the Philippines as a propaganda film to show the Philippine people the "benefits" of the Japanese invasion and takeover of their country.
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Air Force
๐ต๐ญ Philippines The 1940sGIANTS OF THE SKY...blazing a trail to victory! โ The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.
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Bataan
๐ต๐ญ Philippines The 1940sTHE STORY OF A PATROL OF 13 HEROES โ During Japan's invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Capt. Henry Lassiter, Sgt. Bill Dane and a diverse group of American soldiers are ordered to destroy and hold a strategic bridge in order to delay the Japanese forces and allow Gen. MacArthur time to secure Bataan. When the Japanese soldiers begin to rebuild the bridge and advance, the group struggles with not only hunger, sickness and gunfire, but also the knowledge that there is likely no relief on the way.
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Cry 'Havoc'
๐ต๐ญ PhilippinesGirls Who Live Dangerously! โ The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they expected. A motley crew, including a Southern belle, a waitress, and a stripper, show up. Many conflicts arise among these women who are thrown together in what is a desperate and ultimately hopeless situation.
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Corregidor
๐ต๐ญ Philippines28 days of epic heroism - that shook the world! โ A doctor and his staff in a hospital on the Philippine island of Corregidor shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor try to treat the sick, injured and wounded as American and Filipino troops desperately try to beat back a ferocious Japanese attack.
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Pilot #5
๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia The 1940sBe There When It Happens! โ A small group of Allied soldiers and airmen on Java are being bombed by Japanese 'planes daily. With only one working fighter of their own, and five pilots anxious to fly it, the Dutch commander chooses George Collins to fly a mission to drop a 500-lb bomb on the Japanese carrier lying offshore. As the flight progresses, the commander asks the other pilots to tell him about George. They recount his rise from brilliant law student, through the time he became involved in the corrupt machine of his state's Governor, and his attempts to redeem himself, both in his own eyes, and in Fredie, his long-time love.
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Salute to the Marines
๐ต๐ญ PhilippinesRough! Romantic! Rarin' to go! โ It is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese invade the Philippines, leads a heroic defense, first by strangling a Nazi agent, and then dying in his dress blues uniform while blowing up a bridge.
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So Proudly We Hail
๐ต๐ญ Philippines The 1940sThe First Great Love Story of Our Women at the Fighting Front! โ A group of U.S. Army nurses leaves San Francisco for their tour of duty in Hawaii in December 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor changes their destination and their lives. Sent to Bataan, Philippines, the nurses are led by Lt. Janet Davidson. She is faced with untested nurses who expected an easy time in Honolulu, but who quickly become battle-weary veterans dealing with daily bombardments by the Japanese, overwhelmed by the numbers of wounded, and dwindling supplies. Some of "Davey's" unit also have to deal with romantic entanglements with men they met onboard ship. When Bataan falls, the American forces flee to the offshore island of Corregidor, where they find the Japanese assault just as intense.
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Rookies in Burma
๐ฒ๐ฒ Myanmar The 1940sIn the jungles of Burma, U.S. Army Privates Jerry Miles, and Mike Strager, are still spending most of their time on KP duty. However they are captured by the Japanese and taken to a prison camp and discover that their long-suffering Sergeant Burke has also been captured. They manage to escape and find their way to a Burmese village in which two American showgirls, Janie and Connie who have escaped from Shanghai, are stranded. They all borrow an elephant and head for India.
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Bombs Over Burma
๐ฒ๐ฒ MyanmarThe film tells the story of Chinese guerrillas fighting for the Allied cause in Burma during Early in World War II, Chungking schoolteacher Lin Yang is recruited to help with the dangerous mission of protecting the Allied supply line from Burma into China. In spite of the danger involved, her determination to help is strengthened when one of her young students is killed in a Japanese air raid. Some time later, she is part of a group of Allied representatives departing from Lashio, on a bus traveling the Burma Road back to China. A bridge outage forces them to spend the night in a monastery along the way, and during the night they watch in horror as a supply convoy of trucks is bombed by Japanese planes. The timing and accuracy of the raid brings them to realize that either one of their group, or perhaps the priest in the monastery, is really an enemy agent
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China Girl
๐ฒ๐ฒ MyanmarCaptain Fifi...115 pounds of curses, crookedness and kisses! โ Two-fisted newsreel photographer Johnny Williams is stationed in Burma and China in the early stage of WW II. Captured by the Japanese, he escapes from a concentration camp with the aid of beautiful, enigmatic 'China Girl' Miss Young. The two arduously make their way back to friendly lines so that Johnny can deliver the vital military information he's managed to glean from his captors.
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Somewhere I'll Find You
๐ต๐ญ PhilippinesTogether again -- They're dynamite! โ Brothers feud over a girl they both fall for while covering World War II.
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A Yank on the Burma Road
๐ฒ๐ฒ MyanmarA celebrated New York cabbie is pressed into service for a perilous journey through World War II China.
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Manila Calling
๐ต๐ญ PhilippinesTHE FIGHTING EPIC OF AMERICA'S FIRST GUERILLA FIGHTERS โ 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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Texas to Bataan
๐ต๐ญ Philippines The 1940sBlasting their way to fame and glory on dangerous bataan!!! โ In the 17th of the 24 films in Monogram's "Range Buster" series, Texas ranch owner Conroy returns from Washington with an order for horses to be shipped to the Philippines. The Range Busters, Dusty, Davy and Alibi, are selected to take the horses there but, before leaving, they capture three spies who are trying to steal the horses and also learn that the ranch cook, Cookie, is a Japanese spy, but he manages to escape. In the Philippines, they go to a cafรฉ for dinner and see Cookie and Miller, a German spy. Eavesdropping, they learn that Ken Richards, a neighboring Texas rancher, is the Axis contact back in the states. They capture Cookie and break up the spy ring in the Phillipines, and then return to Texas intent on settling matters with Richards. They do so and are honored by the U.S. Government just as the radio blares forth the December 7, 1941 announcement of the Pearl Harbor bombing. They head for the nearest enlistment station.
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Remember Pearl Harbor
๐ต๐ญ Philippines The 1940sAmerica's Stiring War Cry!...Ringing Across The Oceans...Striking Fear Into The Heart Of A Sneaking Foe Who Dared To Stab Uncle Sam In The Back! โ A man tries to redeem himself after ducking out on his comrades before the fatal attack.
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Banana Ridge
๐ฒ๐พ MalaysiaWhen Susie Long appears, together with her 20 year old son, Pink and Pound are thrown into confusion that one of them could be his father.
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Singapore Woman
๐ธ๐ฌ SingaporeDeadly as a Tigress! โ A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.
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Burma Convoy
๐ฒ๐ฒ MyanmarTERROR AT EVERY TURN! DEATH AT EVERY PASS! โ A truck convoy traveling the Burma Road is menaced by a group of smugglers.
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Road to Singapore
๐ธ๐ฌ SingaporeReady For Fun . . Fight . . or a South Seas Romance . . . ! They find them all on the . . . โ Bing Crosby an Bob Hope star in the first of the 'Road to' movies as two playboys trying to forget previous romances in Singapore - until they meet Dorothy Lamour...
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The Letter
๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia ๐ธ๐ฌ SingaporeFascinating, Tantalizing and DANGEROUS! โ After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
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The King of the White Elephant
๐น๐ญ Thailand The 16th CenturySet in the Ayutthaya Kingdom of the 16th century, King Chakra is going about his usual palace duties, granting audiences to his advisers, including his Lord Chamberlain, who is keen to see the king fulfill his royal duty of taking 366 wives, including, hopefully among them, the chamberlain's own daughter. Based on a novel and produced by Pridi Banomyong and released before Thailand's involvement in World War II, the English-language film carried a propaganda message from anti-war interests in Thailand, that Thailand should remain neutral, and only go to war to defend its sovereignty against foreign invaders.
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Moon Over Burma
๐ฒ๐ฒ MyanmarJungle love tease! Bob Preston tears the heart out of Preston Foster by making jungle love to exciting Dorothy Lamour beneath that burning Burma Moon! It's hot! It's dangerous! It's thrilling! โ The managers of a teak lumber camp in Burma compete for the affections of a beautiful American entertainer who gets stranded in Rangoon.
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Victory
๐ฎ๐ฉ IndonesiaA hermit's idyllic life on an island is disturbed by the arrival of a bunch of cutthroats.
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Honeymoon in Bali
๐ฎ๐ฉ IndonesiaThose "Honeymoon In Bali"...UUUUUMFFF GIRLS...They've got what it takes! โ Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the successful manager of a Fifth Avenue shop, who is determined to remain free and independent. Bill proposes, Gail declines and Bill goes home to Bali. But a young girl, Rosie, and Tony the Window Cleaner, who dispels advice on every floor, soon have Gail thinking maybe she was a bit hasty with her no to Bill's proposal. Ere long she discovers that she does love Bill and can't live without him. She goes down to Bali to give him the good news. He learns that he is soon to marry Noel Van Ness. She goes back to New York City.
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Lady of the Tropics
๐ป๐ณ VietnamHedy Lamarr set the world aflame with her beauty in "Algiers" ! Now you see her in the arms of a dashing Bob Taylor ! โ Playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier.
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The Real Glory
๐ต๐ญ Philippines The 1900sAlways outnumbered. Never outfought. โ In the wake of the Spanish-American war, military doctor Bill Canavan (Cooper) arrives at a war-torn Filipino outpost. Infested with cholera and under attack from a vicious local Moro chieftain, the troops are terrified and their commanding officer has all but given up hope. Outnumbered and out of supplies, Canavan decides to trade his scalpel for a rifle and rally the few remaining troops into one last stand before the outpost and everyone inside becomes just another footnote in history.
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Island of Lost Men
๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia ๐ธ๐ฌ SingaporeA Chinese general's daughter (Anna May Wong) tracks her father to a slave-labor tyrant's (J. Carrol Naish) jungle empire.
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Come On, Leathernecks!
๐ต๐ญ PhilippinesThe father of a star football player at Annapolis wants his son to follow the family pattern and join the Marines.
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Booloo
๐ธ๐ฌ SingaporeA Saga of the Jungle โ White hunters in a Malayan jungle stalk a white tiger and bait their trap with a native girl. Captain Rogers to the rescue but falls for the Colonel's daughter.
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Woman of Malacca
๐ฒ๐พ MalaysiaUnhappy with her humdrum life as a provincial schoolteacher, Audrey Greenwood marries Major Carter, an officer in the British Army whom she does not love. Not long after the wedding Carter is on his way to Malaysia, accompanied by his wife, to take up a post in the British colony. During the long sea voyage, Audrey becomes acquainted with the handsome Prince Selim, the heir to the Malaysian throne. Life in the province of Malacca soon proves disagreeable to the free-spirited Englishwoman and she becomes a social outcast when her amorous affair with the prince is discovered.
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Revolt of the Zombies
๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodia The 1920sWEIRDEST LOVE STORY IN 2000 YEARS! โ The story is set in Cambodia in the years following WWI. Evil Count Mazovia (Roy D'Arcy) has come into possession of the secret methods by which men can be transformed into walking zombies and uses these unholy powers to create a race of slave laborers. An expedition is sent to the ruins of Angkor Wat, in hopes of ending Mazovia's activities once and for all. Unfortunately, Armand (Dean Jagger), one of the members of the expedition, has his own agenda.
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The Jungle Princess
๐ฒ๐พ MalaysiaHer exotic beauty held all the allure of the tropic jungle! โ Christopher Powell is in Malaysia with his fiancรฉe and her father, capturing wild animals. While out hunting, he is attacked by a tiger, and his native guides run away, leaving him for dead. But the tiger is the pet of Ulah, a beautiful young woman who grew up by herself in the jungle. She rescues Chris and takes him back to her cave, where she nurses him to health and falls in love with him. When he eventually returns to camp, she follows. The fiancรฉe is jealous, and the natives don't like Ulah or her pet tiger either, all of which leads to a lot of trouble.
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