24 Films & TV Shows Set In Philippines During The 1940s
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Culion
🇵🇭 Philippines The 1940sThis is as much the story of three women as it is the story of Culion. — In the 1940s, Anna, Doris, and Ditas are patients afflicted with Hansen’s Disease (or widely known as leprosy) who live in Culion at a time when the disease is practically a life sentence. No cure has yet been found, and no one is allowed to leave.
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The Portrait
🇵🇭 Philippines The 1940sA musical tale about two impoverished sisters' anguish over whether or not to sell the final masterpiece of their recluse father days before the second world war, in Manila.
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Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang
🇵🇭 Philippines The 1940sCorazon revolves around the love story of a married couple during the times of Japanese rule in the Philippines who's having a hard time conceiving a child. After joining traditional fertility rites in honor of certain patron saints, their prayers are eventually answered but unexpected circumstances will lead to their baby's death. At which point the conflict of the story will begin
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The Lost Valentine
Georgia 🇵🇭 Philippines The 2000s The 1940sLove can stand the test of time. — A young and cynical female journalist learns love may transcend trials and time as she discovers a story that will change her life forever. When war separates lovers on their wedding anniversary Feb. 14, 1944 at LA Union Train Station, Navy pilot Neil Thomas makes a promise he isn't sure he can keep - to return to the train station safe by their next anniversary. For sixty years Caroline Thomas keeps her promise by waiting at the train station until her missing in action husband can finally keep his with the "lost valentine." The message and meaning shows romance and love can be real; worth fighting, and maybe even dying for.
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The Great Raid
🇵🇭 Philippines The 1940sThe most daring rescue mission of our time is a story that has never been told — As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war.
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Women of Valor
🇵🇭 Philippines The 1940sA group of American Army nurses are captured by the Japanese in April 1942 and spend three years in a prisoner-of-war camp in Bataan. Lt Margaret Ann Jessup, the head army nurse, survives the camp and testifies against the Japanese in front of the United States Congressional subcommittee years later as a colonel.
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MacArthur
🇯🇵 Japan 🇵🇭 Philippines 🇰🇷 South Korea The 1950s The 1940sThe film portrays MacArthur's (Gregory Peck) life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman (Ed Flanders) for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point.
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Once Before I Die
🇵🇭 Philippines The 1940sWhen the heat of the jungle and the hell of war cross paths — Stranded behind enemy lines when the Japanese attack the Philippines in late 1941, Lt. Bailey must lead a group of soldiers and their families (including Bailey's curvaceous fiancée Alex) to safety and the streets of Manila. During the perilous trek Alex befriends a virginal young soldier whose only desire is to have sex once before he dies.
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Mutiny in the South Seas
🇵🇭 Philippines The 1940sThree soldiers find they can no longer handle the battlefield slaughter of World War II. They desert and make their way to a serene South Seas island hopeful that they can find peace. Mutiny in the South Seas
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Written in Our Destiny
🇵🇭 Philippines The 1960s The 1950s The 1940s The 1930s The 1910sThe Ferdinand Marcos Story — Chronicling the life of Ferdinand Marcos. the film highlights his colorful years growing up in a political family in northern Luzon made dramatic from allegations of murdering his father's political rival. His rise to political power crosses with his romance with the woman named Imelda Romualdez.
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Back Door to Hell
🇵🇭 Philippines The 1940sDuring WWII, a three-man commando team places its trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistors, as they try to knock out a Japenese communication center.
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Cry of Battle
🇵🇭 Philippines The 1940sLustiest Saga of the South Pacific — During World War II, the spoiled son of a wealthy businessman finds himself involved in the guerrilla movement fighting against the Japanese, and finds romance and adventure.
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Operation Petticoat
🇵🇭 Philippines The 1950s The 1940s20,000 Laughs Under The Sea! — A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.
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Fires on the Plain
🇵🇭 Philippines The 1940sIn the closing days of WWII remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain starvation.
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Surrender - Hell!
🇵🇭 Philippines The 1940sDirector John Barnwell's 1959 WWII drama stars Keith Andes as an American soldier in the Philippines who trains a village of headhunters to fight the Japanese. Also in the cast are Susan Cabot and Paraluman.
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Operation Pacific
🇵🇭 Philippines The 1940sHe's Skipper "Duke" Gifford Who Could Put A Torpedo Through A Needle...And Sew Up A Date With A Laugh! — During WWII, Duke E. Gifford is second in command of the USS Thunderfish, a submarine which is firing off torpedoes that either explode too early or never explode at all. It's a dilemma that he'll eventually take up personally. Even more personal is his quest to win back his ex-wife, a nurse; but he'll have to win her back from a navy flier who also happens to be his commander's little brother.
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I Was an American Spy
🇵🇭 Philippines The 1940sThe startling TRUE story of America's "Mata Hari" of the South Pacific! — An American nightclub singer in 1940's Singapore becomes a spy for America in an effort to get back at the invading Japanese army. Based on a true story.
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They Were Expendable
🇵🇭 Philippines The 1940sA Tribute to Those Who Did So Much... With So Little! — 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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The Eve of St. Mark
🇵🇭 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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Air Force
Florida Hawaii 🇵🇭 Philippines The 1940sGIANTS OF THE SKY...blazing a trail to victory! — 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
🇵🇭 Philippines The 1940sTHE STORY OF A PATROL OF 13 HEROES — 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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So Proudly We Hail
🇵🇭 Philippines The 1940sThe First Great Love Story of Our Women at the Fighting Front! — 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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Texas to Bataan
🇵🇭 Philippines The 1940sBlasting their way to fame and glory on dangerous bataan!!! — 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 café 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
🇵🇭 Philippines Hawaii 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! — A man tries to redeem himself after ducking out on his comrades before the fatal attack.
