Top billed cast

1. 

   Gary Cooper

   Doctor Canavan

2. 

   David Niven

   Lieut. McCool

3. 

   Andrea Leeds

   Linda Hartley

4. 

   Reginald Owen

   Capt. Hartley

5. 

   Broderick Crawford

   Lieut. Larsen

6. 

   Kay Johnson

   Mrs. Manning

7. 

   Russell Hicks

   Capt. Manning

8. 

   Vladimir Sokoloff

   The Datu

9. 

   Benny Inocencio

   Miguel

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-22

There is something of the Rudyard Kipling about this story of a troop of American soldiers left on Mindanao after the US army withdrew from the Philippines at the start of the 20th century. They are tasked with training up a local police force to try and combat some religious fanatics bent on subjugating the local population. It's an odd, but good, role for Gary Cooper ("Dr. Canavan") who is the army surgeon whom alongside David Niven ("Lt. McCool") must try to save the military contingent and the local populace from the brutal and frequently ingenious tactics of their foes. Broderick Crawford...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• based on novel or book
• uprising
• colonialism
• mindanao, philippines
• war doctor
• 1900s
• military outpost
• us imperialism