A company of Marines races against the clock to find a Japanese rocket base.A company of Marines races against the clock to find a Japanese rocket base.A company of Marines races against the clock to find a Japanese rocket base.
Jack Palance
- Pigeon Lane
- (as Walter {Jack} Palance)
Richard Allan
- Pvt. Stewart
- (uncredited)
Edward Binns
- First Soldier in Final Tracking Shot
- (uncredited)
Robert Board
- Marine
- (uncredited)
Robert Bohannon
- Soldier
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaUS Marine and Navy units participated in the filming of this movie and after their work was finished, they went to fight in Korea.
- GoofsWhile speaking to his superiors on his walkie-talkie, Lt Anderson twice closes his conversation with "Over and out." This is incorrect. He should have said either "Over" (if he was turning the conversation over to the other speaker), or "Out" (if he was ending the talk). Interestingly, Anderson uses the correct term "Out" later in the film.
- Quotes
Sgt. Randolph Johnson: Wasn't there a comment by your General Sherman about war?
Lt. Butterfield: Yeah, he said, "War is Hell." What did he know, that eight-ball never left the States.
- Crazy creditsCurrent prints open with the mid 1980's 20th Century Fox logo.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hempas bar (1977)
- SoundtracksMarines' Hymn
(uncredited)
Music from the "Gendarmes' Duet" from the opera "Geneviève de Brabant"
Written by Jacques Offenbach
Sung over the opening credits
Also played during the first landing
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A "Small" War Movie
- Despite it's grand name, Halls of Montezuma is a small war film. What I mean is that the movie focuses more on a small group of men and their fears and problems than it does on a grand plan for Allied victory. It's a very personal movie. We get to see these men up-close and we begin to develop feelings for them. I wouldn't doubt that this is one of the first films to show a U.S. Lieutenant so battle scarred that he resorts to using pain killers just to function. Unlike other war films of this era, not all of these men are going to make it to the end. War is like that. It doesn't pick and chose people to live because we like them. So in that regard, it's also more realistic than some other war movies made in the 50s.
- To succeed as a small, personal war movie as I've described, the cast has to be able to act. This cast does not disappoint. Richard Widmark, Jack Webb, and Karl Malden are all excellent in their respective roles. I was especially impressed with Webb who has an acting style that can grate on the nerves. He's more subdued here and it works. But as good as these three are, Jack Palance is the highlight of the movie for me. He was undoubtedly the most believable. I could really picture him doing the things in real life that were called for in the script.
- I have no difficulty recommending Halls of Montezuma to fans of war films. It's a very welcome addition to my DVD collection.
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- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Okinawa
- Filming locations
- Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, USA(I know this, as my father was in boot camp at the time and his squad were used as extras for four days at this location, for this film.)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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