Summary
After a young village boy dies on San Rosario island, the leader of the People's Army decides to kidnap a group of American nurses who have traveled there to work at the government medical center, demanding that they help set up a public health dispensary and teach the revolutionaries medical procedures and first aid.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Pure escapism
Skip it if
- You're watching with family
- You want something quiet and calm
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 33GoodWatch 37
IMDb4.8
Audience score17%
Running time
1 h 25 min
Shorter than most adventure movies, −18 min on the typical 103
typical 10385Half of all adventure movies run 93–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 131 countries
+121Released
1972
April 21, 1972
54 years ago
Genres
AdventureDramaActionLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
Philippines- United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityStrong
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightSolo WatchPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
11 of 11
Carmen ArgenzianoFlavio
Andrea CaganBunny Kincaid
Margaret MarkovLynn Forrest
Rickey RichardsonEllie St. George
Laurie RoseSue Pennwright
Zaldy ZshornackRonaldo
Jose RomuloCrao- RMRocco MontalbanCarragiero
Charles DierkopJournalist Garcia / Major Dubay
Gina LafortezaFlorida- CBCarmen BarredoTomasa (as Carmen Baredo)
Directing · 3
- Joe Viola Director, Screenplay
- Jonathan Demme Second Unit Director, Screenplay, Producer
- Danny Ochoa Assistant Director
Production · 3
- Roger Corman Executive Producer
- Cirio H. Santiago Producer
- Evelyn Purcell Associate Producer
Editing · 3
- Nonoy Santillan Editor
- Ben Barcelon Editor
- Barbara Pokras Editor
Sound · 1
- Restie Umali Music
Art · 1
- Ben Otico Art Direction
Other crew · 1
- Felipe Sacdalan Cinematography
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