John Wayne collection [videorecording] : 4 film favorites / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture ; produced and directed by John Ford ; screenplay by Frank Wead ; Howard Hughes Picture ; produced by Edmund Grainger ; directed by Nicholas Ray ; screenplay by James Edward Grant.
They were expendable: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Jack Holt, Ward Bond. Flying Leathernecks: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor, Jay C Flippen, William Harrigan. Operation Pacific: John Wayne, Patricia Neal. Back to Bataan: John Wayne, Anthony Quinn. Special features: both films show their original theatrical trailers.
Summary:
They were expendable: Two PT-boat skippers defend the Philippines and give the U.S. war effort time to regroup after the crippling losses at Pearl Harbor. Flying Leathernecks: An embattled Marine fighter squadron VMF 247 at Guadalcanal is led by John Wayne and campaigning to coordinate ground combat with low-flying aerial sorties.
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