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''Manila Calling'' is a 1942 American black-and-white World War II war film drama from 20th Century Fox, produced by Sol M. Wurtzel, directed by Herbert I. Leeds and starring Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis, Cornel Wilde, James Gleason, Lester Matthews, Louis Jean Heydt, and Ted North. American civil engineering forces struggle to establish an operational radio base on the Philippines, with Japanese army forces resisting, and with the complication of a beautiful nightclub singer on site. ==Plot== After the Japanese army invades the Philippines and captures the radio station owned by the American Radio Communications Company, the staff manages to escape into the jungle, where they meet up with a band of determined Filipino Scouts (Moros). Together, they eventually cut their their way through the jungle and make it to the coast. The ARCC staff, made up of radio technician Jeff Bailey (Cornel Wilde) and communications men Lucky Matthews (Lloyd Nolan) and Tom O'Rourke (James Gleason), find an advance Japanese force occupying the plantation of an old friend. Working with the Moros as a guerrilla unit, they attack and kill the Japanese, seizing the plantation for its radio transmitter. Solidifying their defense positions, the group quickly discovers there is no food or water and that the plantation is now largely surrounded by elements the Japanese army. A night club singer, Edna Fraser (Carole Landis), escaping from the Japanese, has also made it safely to the plantation. Jeff is working to repair the damaged radio set in order to send messages of hope and courage to the conquered Filipinos. The hope is to rally them against Japanese enslavement by joining the Philippine resistance. The Japanese quickly become aware of this possibility, and using all means at their disposal, they launch a determined campaign to find and destroy the radio station. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manila Calling」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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