Once a Moth (1976)
Once a moth is not afraid of an eagle.
Gênero : Drama
Runtime : 1H 49M
Director : Lupita Aquino-Kashiwahara
Escritor : Marina Feleo-Gonzales
Sinopse
Cora de la Cruz, a Filipino nurse, dreams of moving to America. When her brother is killed, her ideas change.
Um relato dramatizado do papel dos barcos americanos PT na defesa das Filipinas durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Pouco depois de Pearl Harbor, um esquadrão de tripulantes de Torpedeiros PT na Filipinas tem de lutar contra a burocracia da Marinha entre escaramuças com os japoneses. O título diz tudo sobre a atitude da Marinha para com as PTs e suas tripulações.
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