Operation Bottleneck

April. 07,1961      
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4.7
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WWII Burma...Six paratroopers undertake an extremely dangerous mission against the Japanese. It will ultimately cost them their lives, except for one "lucky" survivor.

Ron Foster as  Lt. Rulan H. Voss
Miiko Taka as  Ari, Comfort Girl
John Clarke as  Sgt. Marty Regan
Norman Alden as  Cpl. Lester 'Merc' Davenport

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Reviews

Senteur
1961/04/07

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

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Philippa
1961/04/08

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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Gary
1961/04/09

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

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Billy Ollie
1961/04/10

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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GUENOT PHILIPPE
1961/04/11

As an Edward L Cahn movie, you can guess that's not BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI or FIXED BAYONETS. But I was nevertheless surprised by the darkness of this story telling the mission of a group of GI - during WW2 - who must prevent Japanese army to penetrate into India from Burma. They are dropped by parachute and then have to get help from the natives; and in this tale it is native girls...Of course, you can guess what that means. But it's a downbeat story, very sad in the ending. I won't say more. Just one thing, the characters are not uninteresting.I recommend it.

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