Once Before I Die

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Once Before I Die
Directed by John Derek
Produced by John Derek
Written by Vance Skarstedt
Starring Ursula Andress
John Derek
Richard Jaeckel
Cinematography Arthur E. Arling
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s) 1965
Running time 97 min
Country Flag of United States United States
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Once Before I Die is a 1965 war drama starred by Ursula Andress and John Derek, then his husband and director.

In this film, a band of American soldiers and one woman get trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines after Pearl Harbor attacks. In harrowing circumstances, they struggle for courage and fight to stay alive.

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Shortly after Pearl Harbor the Japanese attack the Philippine islands. A group of Polo playing soldiers and their families are surprised far off in the countryside. Lt. Bailey (John Derek)leads them back to Manila, but the streets are jammed with fugitives.

On the trip Bailey's fiancée Alex (Ursula Andress) talks with a young shy soldier who tells her of his fears to die and admits that he's never been with a woman. Only once before he dies, he'd like to have sex.


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