Beachhead

Beachhead is a 1954 Technicolor war film based on Captain Richard G. Hubler USMCR's 1945 novel I've Got Mine. It was filmed in Kauai by Aubrey Schenck Productions, released through United Artists and directed by Stuart Heisler. A four man U.S. Marine Corps amphibious reconnaissance patrol (Frank Lovejoy, Tony Curtis, Skip Homeier and Alan Wells) is landed on Japanese held Bougainville Island prior to the Allied invasion. They meet a French plante... more

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  • Feb 5, 1954

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Stuart Heisler

Stoops Heisler (December 5, 1896 - August 21, 1979) was a film and television director. He worked as a motion picture editor from 1921 to 1936, then dedicated the rest of his career to that of a film director. Director of 1944 propaganda film The Negro Soldier, a documentary style recruitment piece...

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