Manila Calling

Director: Herbert I. Leeds Herbert I. Leeds

Overview

Those obviously hastily assembled to cash in on current headlines, Manila Calling shows no signs of this haste in its execution. Lloyd Nolan stars as Lucky Mathews, the leader of an American guerilla unit, sworn to keep fighting even after the Japanese invasion of Mindano. Likewise staying on is nightclub entertainer Edna Fraser (Carole Landis), who has fallen in love with Mathews, and radio engineer Jeff Bailey (Cornel Wilde). Relying on Bailey's electronic knowhow, the guerillas construct a short-wave radio station and continue broadcasting information of Japanese troop movements to the Allies. As in MGM's Bataan, the ultimate deaths of the courageous protagonists is treated as a moral and spiritual victory. Of interest in the cast is Martin Kosleck, frequent screen impersonator of Joseph Goebbels, in a rare sympathetic role.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/04/2014
UPC:	0024543969884
Original Release:	1942
Rating:	NR
Source:	ALLIED VAUGHN
Language:	English
Time:	1:20:00
Sales rank:	33,290

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Lloyd Nolan	Lucky Matthews
Cornel Wilde	Jeff Bailey
Carole Landis	Edna Fraser
James Gleason	Tom O'Rourke
Martin Kosleck	Heller
Ralph Byrd	Corbett
Charles Tannen	Fillmore
Ted North	Jamison
Elisha Cook Jr.	Gillman
Harold Huber	Santoro
Lester Matthews	Wayne Ralston
Louis Jean Heydt	Watson
Victor Sen Yung	Amando
Rudy Robles	Moro Soldier
Angel Cruz	Moro Soldier
Carlos Carrido	Moro Soldier
Ken Christy	Logan
Leonard Strong	Japanese Officer
Michael "Ted" North	Jamison
Richard Loo	Filipino
Charles Stevens	Filipino
Ted Hecht	Japanese Announcer

Technical Credits

Herbert I. Leeds	Director
Sol M. Wurtzel	Producer