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They Were Expendable

1945, 2h 15min

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.

"They Were Expendable" — drama and war movie produced in USA and released in 1945. It has a great rating on IMDb: 7.2 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 2h 15min. "They Were Expendable" is currently available for rent and to buy on Apple TV, YouTube Movies and Vudu. Click on a playlink to watch it now!

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Critic Kim Newman

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A war movie with enough honour and heroism to make a grown man weep.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as They Were Expendable include The Fighting 69th, Cloak and Dagger, The Big Lift, Fires Were Started, Battleground, The Long Voyage Home.

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They Were Expendable was released in theaters on December 31, 1945.