This movie deserved more reviews than it received. I recall seeing it many years ago on the BIG SHOW, the 3PM movie shown on NBC in the 1960s. Mrs. Claire 'High Pockets' Phillips (Ann Dvorak) was left stranded by the American defeat in the Philippians. The Island fell to the Japanese. American civilians are being interned.
Mrs Philippe manages to persuade Japanese authorities to leave her at liberty under flimsy Spanish identification papers. Behind their backs she is helping Filipino guerrillas and American soldiers in hiding. Can the rouse last until the Americans return? The acting by Ann Dvorak was superbly complimented by Richard Loo's performance as the enemy Colonel Masamato.
I was surprised that this film did not receive a revival when the movie THE GREAT RAID came out in 2005.
One commentator expressed doubt in Mrs Phillipe's exploits including following her husband's unit through the jungle. Americans of that generation unlike US people of later times had incalculable courage.
Mrs Philippe manages to persuade Japanese authorities to leave her at liberty under flimsy Spanish identification papers. Behind their backs she is helping Filipino guerrillas and American soldiers in hiding. Can the rouse last until the Americans return? The acting by Ann Dvorak was superbly complimented by Richard Loo's performance as the enemy Colonel Masamato.
I was surprised that this film did not receive a revival when the movie THE GREAT RAID came out in 2005.
One commentator expressed doubt in Mrs Phillipe's exploits including following her husband's unit through the jungle. Americans of that generation unlike US people of later times had incalculable courage.