The Day of the Trumpet

    1/1/1958
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    DESPERATE MEN...FIGHTING FOR LIFE AND LOVE IN A HOSTILE LAND!

    An American cavalry brigade is sent to occupy a small Filipino village in 1902 and quell guerilla resistance in the surrounding jungle. Working with the people to build roads, schools, and bridges, they prove that the most important thing an army can have is "good will and integrity."

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    • Geronimo1967

      A tiny Filipino village has just got shot of the occupying Spanish when an American cavalry troop arrives to try to control some local guerrilla fighting. Nobody actually asked for their "help" and so, naturally, they don't all get the warmest of receptions initially. "Sgt. Norcutt" (John Agar) is a decent sort of soul, though, and with his squad he tries to befriend the locals, help them with their school and generally make a positive difference to their fairly subsistence existence. "Capt. Maxalla" (Pancho Magalona) is a bit of a brute and is determined to undermine their efforts - and that results in more than a few outbreaks of fisticuffs as this meanders along for eighty minutes of frankly rather pointless cinema that simply appears de...

      January 11, 2024

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