Battle of Blood Island | |
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Directed by | Joel Rapp |
Written by | Joel Rapp |
Based on | Expect the Vandals by Philip Roth |
Produced by | Stanley Bickman |
Starring |
Richard Devon Ron Kennedy |
Cinematography | Jacques R. Marquette |
Edited by | Carlo Lodato |
Music by | Fred Katz |
Production companies | Bickman/Rapp Productions San Juan Productions |
Distributed by | Filmgroup |
Release date |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
Country | United States |
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 and directed by Joel Rapp. It was 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.
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 that "it turned out very nicely; it was a good little picture." [3]