American Guerrilla in the Philippines

American Guerrilla in the Philippines
original film poster
Directed byFritz Lang
Screenplay byLamar Trotti
Based onAmerican Guerrilla in the Philippines (book)
by Ira Wolfert
Produced byLamar Trotti
StarringTyrone Power
Micheline Presle
Tom Ewell
Robert Patten
Tommy Cook
Juan Torena
Jack Elam
Robert Barrat
Narrated byJack Elam
CinematographyHarry Jackson
Edited byRobert Simpson
Music byCyril Mockridge
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • November 8, 1950 (1950-11-08)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2,275,000 (US rentals)[1][2]

American Guerrilla in the Philippines (released as I Shall Return in the UK) is a 1950 American war film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Tyrone Power as a U.S. Navy ensign stranded by the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in World War II. Based on the 1945 book of the same name by Ira Wolfert, it was filmed on location.