Tokyo Rose (film)

Tokyo Rose
Tokyo Rose
Directed by	Lew Landers
Screenplay by	Daniel Mainwaring; Maxwell Shane
Produced by	William H. Pine
Starring	Byron Barr; Osa Massen; Donald Douglas; Keye Luke
Cinematography	Fred Jackman Jr.
Edited by	Henry Adams; Howard A. Smith
Music by	Rudy Schrager
Production; company	Pine-Thomas Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	February 8, 1946;
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Tokyo Rose is a 1946 American war thriller film directed by Lew Landers and starring Byron Barr, Osa Massen, Donald Douglas and Keye Luke.^[1] It was produced by Pine-Thomas Productions and was released on February 8, 1946, by Paramount Pictures.^[2] It is a completely fictitious story inspired by the Tokyo Rose World War II propaganda broadcasts, and is not based on the real story of Iva Toguri.^[3]

Plot

Pete Sherman an American prisoner of war being held in Japan during World War II is enlisted by his captors to take part in broadcasts designed to weaken Allied morale. He manages to escape and with the help of a war correspondent from neutral Ireland by impersonating a Swedish journalist killed in a recent bombing raid. He is also aided by Greta, the sister of the dead man. Put in touch with the anti-government underground, and he hatches a plan to kidnap Tokyo Rose.

Cast

Byron Barr as Pete Sherman
Osa Massen as Greta Norburg
Donald Douglas as Timothy O'Brien
Richard Loo as Colonel Suzuki
Keye Luke as Charlie Otani
Grace Lem as Soon Hee
Leslie Fong as Wong Chu
H.T. Tsiang as Chang Yu
Larry Young as Jack Martin
William Challee as Mike Kovac
Christian Drake as Frank
James Millican as Pvt. Al Wilson
Albert Ruiz as Mel
Blake Edwards as Joe Bridger
Lotus Long as Tokyo Rose

References

^ Tucker p.94
^ Hal Erickson (2013). "Tokyo Rose review summary". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
^ Close p.290

Bibliography

Close, Frederick P. Tokyo Rose / An American Patriot: A Dual Biography. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
Tucker, David C. Pine-Thomas Productions: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2019.

External links

Tokyo Rose at IMDb
Review of film at Variety

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[1] Tucker p.94

[nytimes-2] Hal Erickson (2013). "Tokyo Rose review summary". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

[3] Close p.290

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