Film Screening: They Were Expendalbe

Hosted by the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance

Join us for a screening of John Ford’s World War II drama They Were Expendable starring John Wayne and Robert Montgomery. Wayne and Montgomery play John Brickley and Rusty Ryan, two PT Boat skippers sent to Manila to help defend the Philippines against a potential Japanese invasion. While the film is a work of fiction, Brickley and Ryan are based on actual subjects, and the film received attention for its verisimilitude.

John Ford is one of the featured directors in our special gallery exhibit, Filming the Camps: From Hollywood to Nuremberg - John Ford, Samuel Fuller, George Stevens, which runs through August 3, 2017. During World War II, Ford served in the Navy and as head of the photographic unit for the Office of Strategic Services. He won two Academy Awards during his service, one for the semi-documentary The Battle of Midway and the other for the propaganda film December 7th.

Run Time: 135 minutes