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Escape to Paradise

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  • 1h 23m
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4.3/10
75
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Escape to Paradise (1960)
ActionDramaRomance
In the Philippines during World War II, a girl is rescued from bandits by a guerrilla fighter.In the Philippines during World War II, a girl is rescued from bandits by a guerrilla fighter.In the Philippines during World War II, a girl is rescued from bandits by a guerrilla fighter.
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
75
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
198,154
39,191
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    • Director
      • Eddie Romero
    • Writers
      • Cesar Amigo(story)
      • Eddie Romero(story)
    • Stars
      • Leopoldo Salcedo
      • Diane Jergens
      • Johnny Monteiro
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Eddie Romero
    • Writers
      • Cesar Amigo(story)
      • Eddie Romero(story)
    • Stars
      • Leopoldo Salcedo
      • Diane Jergens
      • Johnny Monteiro
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    • 3User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Escape to Paradise (1960)
    Diane Jergens and Leopoldo Salcedo in Escape to Paradise (1960)
    Diane Jergens and Leopoldo Salcedo in Escape to Paradise (1960)
    Diane Jergens and Johnny Monteiro in Escape to Paradise (1960)
    Diane Jergens in Escape to Paradise (1960)

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    Leopoldo Salcedo
    • Ramon DeCortes
    Diane Jergens
    Diane Jergens
    • Kathy Hughes
    Johnny Monteiro
    • Bruno
    Joe Dennis
    • Colonel Landis
    Jennings Sturgeon
    • Mr. Hughes
    Joe Sison
    • Pepe
    Bruce Baxter
    • Jimmy
    Renato Robles
    • 2nd Guerrilla
    Rosie Acosta
    • Pepe's wife
    Arsenio Alonzo
    • 3rd Guerrilla
    • Director
      • Eddie Romero
    • Writers
      • Cesar Amigo(story)
      • Eddie Romero(story)
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    • Trivia
      Released in the US by American International Pictures as Lost Battalion, on a double feature with Guns of the Black Witch in 1962.
    • Goofs
      One of the soldiers is wearing 1950s style tennis shoes. This style was not in use in the 1940s WW II era.

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    4/10
    Odd AIP billfiller
    Lost Battalion can't decide what it is: it starts out with stock footage accompanied by documentary style narration, turns into a war drama, and ends up as a love story with tragic consequences. Shot in The Phillipines by the prolific Eddie Romero, the film benefits from location footage but is let down in the story department, as the Japanese invaders are little more than a footnote to the Diane Jergens/Leopoldo Salcedo romantic storyline. Sadly the film cannot bring itself to allow an 'interracial' relationship to flourish, as only one of the loving couple survive the film (I'll let the reader try to guess which one it is). Technically the film looks okay--once the stock footage padding is out of the way (the filmmakers even represent Japanese soldiers with film of American marines in action!). Cinematographer Felipe Sacdalan, a Romero regular and FAMAS winner, manages a few artful and elegant shots amidst the jungle, and top acting credits go to Johnny Monteiro as the rebellious Bruno, a colourful character who seems to have strayed into this film after leaving the set of Treasure of Sierra Madre. Nothing special overall, but a strange little film with minor interest nonetheless.
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    • Dec 10, 2002

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    • Release date
      • March 17, 1960 (Philippines)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Filipino
      • Tagalog
    • Also known as
      • Lost Battalion
    • Production companies
      • Alta Vista Productions
      • Com Productions
      • Eddie Romero Production
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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