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Beachhead

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Not one of the great World War II movies. Lot of action but falls short of being a "GOOD" war movie. Mary Murphy saves this poor movie.

The stars of this movie, Tony Curtis, Frank Lovejoy and Mary Murphy have appeared in some good movies. Beachead is not one of them.

I think this was a feeble attempt by the screenwriters to create another "Ambush Bay." They failed.

Great movie. Great actors. Thoroughly enjoyed it! Tony Curtis is great! Mary Murphy is beautiful! If you like Tony Curtis, you'll love this one.

Set aside 30 min. to get all the security stickers off.

It was very difficult to get the DVD case open.

This is a review for BEACHHEAD (1954) directed by Stuart Heisler. After a rescue mission goes horribly wrong only two American soldiers are alive but still trying to complete their mission of returning a scientest and his daughter out of Japanese capture and back to American safety. Everything seems against them including nature.

A very good premise well carried out by the two principle Americans, Tony Curtis and Frank Lovejoy.

BEACHHEAD is well worth an hour and a half of your time. Three and One Half Stars.

War, romance, 2 men fighting over a girl, a young Tony Curtis - what's not to like?

This is just a footnote to the review EXCITING STUFF. Kay's Husband never saw Mary Murphy before this 1954 movie or after. I really liked Mary Murphy in The Wild One (1953) but lest we forget she was also in When Worlds Collide 1951), Come Back, Little Sheba (1952), Plymouth Adventure 1952), Houdini (1953) again with Tony Curtis, The Desperate Hours (1955) with Bogart, a few movies in the 60's and on to TV in the 70's but her stardom was in the mid 50's and she sure was pretty. Don't forget Mary Murphy.