The Great Raid

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The Great Raid (2005)

R 08/12/2005 (US) Action, History, War 2h 12m

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The most daring rescue mission of our time is a story that has never been told

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As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war.

John Dahl

Director
Carlo Bernard

Screenplay
Doug Miro

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)
Benjamin Bratt

Lt. Colonel Mucci
James Franco

Captain Prince
Connie Nielsen

Margaret Utinsky
Logan Marshall-Green

Lt. Paul Colvin
Joseph Fiennes

Major Gibson
Marton Csokas

Captain Redding
Robert Mammone

Captain Fisher
Max Martini

1st Sgt. Sid "Top" Wojo
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A review by Wuchak

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Written by Wuchak on September 20, 2023

The most successful rescue mission in American history

On January 30, 1945, the United States Army Rangers, Alamo Scouts, and Filipino guerrillas saved more than 500 POWs in the Japanese camp in the Philippines from certain death as the Japanese were ordered to "liquidate" all prisoners before evacuating in the face of MacArthur's advance. Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Max Martini, Joseph Fiennes, Connie Nielsen and Marton Csokas star.

"The Great Raid" was based on the books "The Great Raid on Cabanatuan" and "Ghost Soldiers." I've read the latter and it's interesting seeing the fil... read the rest.

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