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Jungle Patrol
Jungle Patrol

5.0

Jungle Patrol

NR·1948·71m

Summary

Eight fighter pilots hold off constant Japanese attacks during the construction of an airstrip in New Guinea.

Crew

Director

Joseph M. Newman

Adaptation

Robertson White

Screenplay

Francis Swann

Story

William Bowers

Reviews

Geronimo1967

Geronimo1967

January 8, 2023

5

This starts out with a degree of promise. A group of war-weary soldiers are facing overwhelming odds as they try to defend a remote island airstrip from the invading Japanese. "Mace" (Arthur Franz) commands this group of brave men but sadly, for the plot, he soon becomes romantically embroiled with a visiting forces entertainer "Jean" (Kristine Miller) and at this point the score turns all violin-led and the plot deteriorates into a rather soppy melodrama that rather negates the courageous story that we started with. It was obviously made for domestic consumption to bolster post-war audiences, but somehow the lightweight cast and rather wordy dialogue drown out what action scenes there actually are, leaving us with some interesting audio descriptions of the dogfighting overhead - and they sound authentic enough - but with little else. It's decently enough produced, but is little better than a standard afternoon B-feature that passes the time all too slowly.

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Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

fighter pilot