Once Before I Die

Once Before I Die
Directed by John Derek
Produced by John Derek
Written by Vance Skarstedt
Starring Ursula Andress
John Derek
Richard Jaeckel
Cinematography Arthur E. Arling
Distributed by Warner Bros./Seven Arts Pictures
Release dates
  • December 1966 (1966-12)
Running time
 97 min
Country United States

Once Before I Die is a 1966 war drama starring Ursula Andress and her husband John Derek, who also directed. The film was based on a 1945 novel Quit for the Next by Lieutenant Anthony March.[1]

In this film, a band of American soldiers and one woman get trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines after the attack on Pearl Harbor. In harrowing circumstances, they struggle for courage and fight to stay alive.

Summary

Shortly after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese attack the Philippine islands. A group of polo-playing soldiers of the 26th Cavalry Regiment (United States) and their families are surprised far off in the countryside. Major Bailey (John Derek) leads them back to Manila, but the roads are jammed with fugitives.

On the trip, Bailey's fiancée Alex (Ursula Andress) talks with a young shy soldier (Rod Lauren) who tells her of his fears to die and admits that he has never been with a woman. Only once before he dies, he would like to have sex.

Production

Once Before I Die was the second directorial effort from John Derek, a photographer and a former actor who was married to Ursula Andress 1957–1966 (they divorced the year the film was released).

The film was titled The 26th Cavalry in the Philippines. Jock Mahoney makes an uncredited appearance in the film.

During the filming Rod Lauren met Filipino actress Nida Blanca, whom he later married.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,797449,00.html?iid=chix-sphere

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