Battle of Blood Island

1960 film
  • April 8, 1960 (1960-04-08) (United States)
Running time
71 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$51,579.31[1]Box office$28,828.12[1]

Battle of Blood Island is a 1960 American World War II war film filmed in Puerto Rico and directed by Joel Rapp. It was based on the 1958 short story Expect the Vandals by Philip Roth.[2] Filmgroup released the film, as a double feature with Ski Troop Attack.

Roger Corman appears at the end of the movie as an American soldier.

Cast

  • Richard Devon as Moe
  • Ron Kennedy as Ken

Production

Corman put up $31,129.31 of the budget with $14,000 provided by Stan Bickman and Joel Rapp. The movie was shot in Puerto Rico at the same time as two other Corman productions: Last Woman on Earth and Creature from the Haunted Sea.[1]

Corman later said that "it turned out very nicely; it was a good little picture."[3]

See also

  • Beach Red (1967)

References

  1. ^ a b c Fred Olen Ray, The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors, McFarland, 1991, p 35-36
  2. ^ Derek Royal, 'The Blood before the Stain: An Interview with Joel Rapp', Philip Roth Studies 2.1 (2006): 3-11. accessed 15 June 2012
  3. ^ Ed. J. Philip di Franco, The Movie World of Roger Corman, Chelsea House Publishers, 1979 p 139

External links

  • Battle of Blood Island at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Battle of Blood Island is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive


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