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Jungle Patrol

Eight fighter pilots hold off constant Japanese attacks during the construction of an airstrip in New Guinea.

Top Cast

  • Kristine Miller

    Kristine Miller

    Jean Gillis

  • Arthur Franz

    Arthur Franz

    Lt. 'Mace' Willard

  • Ross Ford

    Ross Ford

    Maj. Skipper Wright

  • Tommy Noonan

    Tommy Noonan

    Lt. 'Ham' Hamilton (as Tom Noonan)

  • Gene Reynolds

    Gene Reynolds

    Lt. Marion Minor

  • Richard Jaeckel

    Richard Jaeckel

    Lt. Dick Carter

  • Mickey Knox

    Mickey Knox

    Lt. Louie Rasti

  • Harry Lauter

    Harry Lauter

    Lt. Derby

  • William Murphy

    William Murphy

    Lt. Johnny Murphy

Overview

Eight fighter pilots hold off constant Japanese attacks during the construction of an airstrip in New Guinea.

Rating

6.7 / 10
3 Reviews
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1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    5 Jan 8, 2023

    This starts out with a degree of promise. A group of war-weary soldiers are facing overwhelming odds as they try to defend a remote island airstrip from the invading Japanese. "Mace" (Arthur Franz) commands this group of brave men but sadly, for the plot, he soon becomes romantically embroiled with a visiting forces entertainer "Jean" (Kristine Miller) and at this point the score turns all violin-led and the plot deteriorates into a rather soppy melodrama that rather negates the courageous story that we started with. It was obviously made for domestic consumption to bolster post-war audiences, but somehow the lightweight cast and rather wordy dialogue drown out what action scenes there actually are, leaving us with some interesting audio descriptions of the dogfighting overhead - and they sound authentic enough - but with little else. It's decently enough produced, but is little better than a standard afternoon B-feature that passes the time all too slowly.

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