Once Before I Die

Once Before I DieFirst the Pearl. Then the whole Pacific. Soon after the World War II attack on Pearl Harbor, soldiers of the Rising Sun unleash their fury on other U. S. outposts. Among their targets: the Philippines, whose defenders include the 26th Cavalry, an underequipped American unit better suited for playing polo than fighting mechanized war. Out of this backdrop storms Once Before I Die, a strife filled tale of a beauty amid the beasts of war. Ursula Andress,

McAvin blackmails Osborne into a loveless marriage

Dinette Dusty (Harris) desperately misses her children

A personal triumph for director-producer-writer-composer Gordon Parks (adapting his novel)

the maid and vampish Louise Endicott (Rita La Roy) become enamored of Peter

A stellar cast - Charles Laughton

and half-brother Smerdyakov

she hopes to wipe away her wealthy but scandalous family's stigma by using her money to help others

especially when Bradville decides to strip the torpedo down and start anew

who says she hasn't a clue about how to play

in resourcefulness

Wagner and Godfrey Cambridge)

Andrew (Robert Young)