Audie Murphy Gary Crosby Dolores Michaels Alejandro Rey
Cinematography
Kenneth Peach
Edited by
Jodie Copelan
Music by
Henry Vars
Color process
Black and white
Production company
Associated Producers Incorporated
Distributed by
20th Century Fox
Release date
June 1, 1961 (1961-06-01)
Running time
80 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$430,000[1]
Battle at Bloody Beach, (aka Battle on the Beach in the UK and Australia),[2] is a 1961 American CinemaScope drama war film directed by Herbert Coleman and starring Audie Murphy who had previously worked together in Posse from Hell. The film also features Gary Crosby and introduces Alejandro Rey. Battle at Bloody Beach is only the second Audie Murphy movie set in World War II, after his autobiographical To Hell and Back.[3] The film was shot on Santa Catalina Island[4] by Robert Lippert's Associated Producers Incorporated and was released by 20th Century Fox.[5] The film was produced and co-written by Richard Maibaum along with frequent Audie Murphy collaborator Willard W. Willingham.[6][7][8]
^"As 20th All-Big Lippert Helms Budget Features". Variety. 12 April 1961. p. 4.
^"BATTLE ON THE BEACH (1961)". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 28. p. 113. ProQuest 1305828545.
^Battle at Bloody Beach at Audie Murphy Memorial Site
^p. 171 Larkins, Bob & Magers, Boyd The Films of Audie Murphy McFarland, 1 May 2016
^McGee, Mark Thomas Talk's Cheap, Action's Expensive – The Films of Robert L. Lippert BearManor Media
^"Miss stapp signed". Los Angeles Times. Jun 22, 1961. ProQuest 167915846.
^Dexter, Maury (2012). Highway to Hollywood(PDF). p. 122.
^Larkins, Bob; Magers, Boyd (2009). The Films of Audie Murphy. McFarland. p. 169. ISBN 9781476609270.
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