Battle of Blood Island

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Battle of Blood Island
Battle of Blood Island FilmPoster.jpeg
Directed by Joel Rapp
Produced by Stanley Bickman
Written by Joel Rapp
Based on story Expect the Vandals by Philip Roth
Starring Richard Devon
Music by Fred Katz
Cinematography Jacques R. Marquette
Edited by Carlo Lodato
Distributed by Filmgroup
Release dates
 1960
Running time
 USA:64 minutes
Country USA
Language English
Budget $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. It was directed by Joel Rapp and 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

Production

Roger 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 "it turned out very nicely; it was a good little picture".[3]

See also

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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
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