Lost Battalion (1960 film)

For other uses of "Lost Battalion", see Lost Battalion (disambiguation).
Lost Battalion
Film poster
Directed byEddie Romero
Written by
  • Cesar Amigo
  • Eddie Romero
Produced by
Starring
  • Leopoldo Salcedo
  • Diane Jergens
CinematographyFelipe Sacdalan[2]
Edited byJoven Calub
Music byLes Baxter
Production
companies
  • Alta Vista Productions
  • Com Productions
  • LYNRO Pictures
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 17 March 1960 (1960-03-17) (Philippines)
  • 4 April 1960 (1960-04-04) (UK)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguagesFilipino
English

Lost Battalion (aka Escape to Paradise) is a 1960 black-and-white Filipino romantic war film produced and directed by Eddie Romero, and co-produced by Romero and Kane W. Lynn.[3] Set during World War II, it stars Leopoldo Salcedo, Johnny Monteiro and Diane Jergens. It was later released in the US by American International Pictures as Lost Battalion, on a double feature with Guns of the Black Witch in 1962. The film's ad line read "200 Men and One Girl Trapped in a Ring of Steel!"[4]

  1. ^ Ray, Fred Olen (1991). "The New Poverty Row". McFarland and Co. Inc. ISBN 0-89950-628-3. Page 64
  2. ^ "Gawad urian".
  3. ^ Ray, Fred Olen (1991). "The New Poverty Row". McFarland and Co. Inc. ISBN 0-89950-628-3. Page 64
  4. ^ Ray, Fred Olen (1991). "The New Poverty Row". McFarland and Co. Inc. ISBN 0-89950-628-3. Page 64