The Secret Invasion (1964) | |
| Director(s) | Roger Corman |
| Producer(s) | Gene Corman |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, Historical, War |
| Top Topics | World War II |
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The Secret Invasion (1964) was a Action - Drama Film directed by Roger Corman and produced by Gene Corman.
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Yugoslav government officials demanded that Yugoslav Resistance ("Partisan") characters wear red stars on their uniforms. Director Roger Corman tried to stop this, arguing that partisans would not identify themselves to the Nazis in this way, but the Yugoslav officials had their own way. However, Corman found a solution to this visual problem: he had them edited out in post-production.
This was Stewart Granger first low-budget independent film after several years of major starring roles, and he had concerns about allowing his character to be less than central to the story. During the filming of the scenes on the Adriatic, the production crew had already created the smoke for the scene when Granger told Roger Corman that he wouldn't do the scene as written due to Edd Byrnes having too much of the dialogue, with his own character having lesser importance. Corman quickly wrote some new dialogue for Granger to satisfy his concerns (though he has declined to state how much of that dialogue made it into the finished film), and filming proceeded before the smoke dissipated.
This movie is considered to have beaten The Dirty Dozen in having the first film story about World War II prisoners recruited to go on an impossible suicide mission in exchange for pardons. "The Dirty Dozen" had the same plot but didn't come out until three years later.
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This was Stewart Granger first low-budget independent film after several years of major starring roles, and he had concerns about allowing his character to be less than central to the story. During the filming of the scenes on the Adriatic, the production crew had already created the smoke for the scene when Granger told Roger Corman that he wouldn't do the scene as written due to Edd Byrnes having too much of the dialogue, with his own character having lesser importance. Corman quickly wrote some new dialogue for Granger to satisfy his concerns (though he has declined to state how much of that dialogue made it into the finished film), and filming proceeded before the smoke dissipated.
This movie is considered to have beaten The Dirty Dozen in having the first film story about World War II prisoners recruited to go on an impossible suicide mission in exchange for pardons. "The Dirty Dozen" had the same plot but didn't come out until three years later.
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