No Man Is an Island (1962)

No Man Is an Island
Credits
Title:	No Man Is an Island
Genres:	War
Directed by:	Richard Goldstone; John Monks, Jr.
Written by:	Richard Goldstone; John Monks, Jr.
Produced by:	Rolf Bayer; Richard Goldstone; Albert R. Joseph; Robert E. Lewis; John Monks, Jr.
Music by:	Restie Umali
Cinematography:	Carl Kayser
Edited by:	Basil Wrangell
Production
Distributed by:	Universal Pictures
Released:	September 20th, 1962
Running time:	114 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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No Man Is an Island is an American feature film of the war genre, based on actual events that took place in December, 1941 during World War II. The film was written and directed by the team of John Monks, Jr. and Richard Goldstone. It was produced by Gold Coast Productions and distributed through Universal Pictures. The film premiered in the United States on September 20th, 1962.

Cast

Actor	Role
Jeffrey Hunter	George R. Tweed
Marshall Thompson	Jonn Sonnenberg
Barbara Perez	"Joe" Cruz
Ronald Remy	Chico Torres
Paul Edwards, Jr.	Al Turney
Rolf Bayer	Chief Shultz
Vicente Liwanag	Vicente
Fred Harris, II	Roy Lund
Lamberto V. Avellana	Mister Shimoda
Chichay	Mrs. Nakamura
Antonio De la Mogueis	Florecito
Vic Silayan	Major Hondo
Bert La Fortesa	Commander Oto Harada
Eddie Infante	Sus Quintagua
Nardo Ramos	Tumon
Rosa Mia	Primera Quintagua
Mike Anzures	Santos
Bruno Punzalan	Unknown
Joseph de Cordova	Father Pangolin
Mario Barri	Limtiaco
Steve Joseph	Tommy Tanaka
Ding Tello	Japanese sergeant major
Bert Olivar	Antonio Cruz
Nena Ledesma	Unknown
Veronica Palileo	Josefa Cruz
Segundo Veloria	Unknown

Appearances

Characters

Al Turney Antonio Cruz Florecito George R. Tweed Hondo Joe Cruz Jonn Sonnenberg Josefa Cruz Limtiaco Nakamura Oto Harada

Pangolin Primera Quintagua Roy Lund Santos Schultz Shimoda Sus Quintagua Tommy Tanaka Tumon Vincente

Locations

• Guam
• Pacific Ocean

Organizations

• United States Navy

Ranks and titles

• Commander
• Major
• Sergeant Major

Miscellaneous

• 1940s
• 1941
• December 8th, 1941
• Japanese
• Priest
• Scorpions
• World War II

Notes

• Based on actual events.

Fun Facts

• The tagline for this film is, "The most incredible true story in U.S. Navy history!"

• Lead actor Jeffrey Hunter is also known for playing the role of Captain Christopher Pike, first captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise on the 1960s sci-fi series Star Trek.

• All of the supporting actors in the film spoke Tagalog rather than Chamorro (the native language of Guam), much to the amusement of Chamorros who saw it.

Recommendations

World War II films

From Here to Eternity No Man Is an Island

See also

• No Man Is an Island
• No Man Is an Island media
• No Man Is an Island images
• No Man Is an Island miscellaneous

External Links

• No Man Is an Island at AMG
• No Man Is an Island at IMDB
• No Man Is an Island at Wikipedia
• No Man Is an Island at Themoviedb.org
• No Man Is an Island at Turner Classic Movies

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