# Operation Bottleneck

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1961 film by Edward L. Cahn

Operation Bottleneck Original film poster Directed by Edward L. Cahn Written by Orville H. Hampton Produced by Edward Small (executive) Robert E. Kent Starring Ron Foster Production company Zenith Pictures Distributed by United Artists Release date April 8, 1961 (1961-04-08) Running time 77 minutes Country United States Language English

***Operation Bottleneck*** is a 1961 war film.[1]

## Plot

During the [Burma Campaign](/source/Burma_Campaign), a detachment of American paratroopers are aided by a group of local women in their mission against the Japanese.

Six paratroopers undertake an extremely dangerous mission against the Japanese. It will ultimately cost them their lives, except for one "lucky" survivor.

## Cast

- [Ron Foster](/source/Ron_Foster_(actor)) ... Lt. Rulan H. Voss

- [Miiko Taka](/source/Miiko_Taka) ... Ari

- [Norman Alden](/source/Norman_Alden) ... Cpl. Lester 'Merc' Davenport

- [John Clarke](/source/John_Clarke_(actor)) ... Sgt. Marty Regan

- [Ben Wright](/source/Ben_Wright_(actor)) ... Manders

- [Dale Ishimoto](/source/Dale_Ishimoto) ... Matsu

- [Jane Chang](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jane_Chang&action=edit&redlink=1) ... Atsi

- [Lemoi Chu](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lemoi_Chu&action=edit&redlink=1) ... LoLo

- [Tiko Ling](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tiko_Ling&action=edit&redlink=1) ... Tai

- [Jin Jin Mai](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jin_Jin_Mai&action=edit&redlink=1) ... Sawbu

- [June Kawai](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=June_Kawai&action=edit&redlink=1) ... Danube

- [George Yoshinaga](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Yoshinaga&action=edit&redlink=1) ... Koju

## Reception

A review of the film in [TV Guide](/source/TV_Guide) described it as an "unexciting depiction of the attempts of a handful of WW II soldiers to rescue a buddy" with "not enough action to sustain its 76 minutes."[2] A review of the film on the Nostalgia Central website described it as "naive and amateurish" and noted that "this may not be the worst war movie ever made, but it’s definitely up there, complete with bad acting, a ridiculous storyline, hokey jungle set, stock footage, and terrible production values."[3]

## See also

- [List of American films of 1961](/source/List_of_American_films_of_1961)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Thompson, Howard (September 7, 1961). "Screen: Hollow Warfare: 'Operation Bottleneck' in Local Premiere". *New York Times*. p. 40.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Operation Bottleneck - Movie Review"](https://www.tvguide.com/movies/operation-bottleneck/review/2000344598/). *TV Guide*. Retrieved June 27, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Operation Bottleneck (1961)"](https://nostalgiacentral.com/movies/movies-l-to-z/movies-o/operation-bottleneck-1961/). *Nostalgia Central*. March 27, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2023.

## External links

- [*Operation Bottleneck*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055260/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [*Operation Bottleneck*](https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17257/enwp) at the [TCM Movie Database](/source/Turner_Classic_Movies#TCMdb) (archived)

v t e Films directed by Edward L. Cahn The Homicide Squad (1931) Law and Order (1932) Radio Patrol (1932) Afraid to Talk (1932) Emergency Call (1933) Laughter in Hell (1933) Death Drives Through (1935) Confidential (1935) Bad Guy (1937) Redhead (1941) The Omaha Trail (1942, uncredited) Main Street After Dark (1945) Dangerous Partners (1945) Born to Speed (1947) The Gas House Kids "in Hollywood" (1947) The Checkered Coat (1948) I Cheated the Law (1949) Prejudice (1949) The Great Plane Robbery (1950) Destination Murder (1950) Experiment Alcatraz (1950) Two-Dollar Bettor (1951) Creature with the Atom Brain (1955) Betrayed Women (1955) Silent Fear (1956) Girls in Prison (1956) The She-Creature (1956) Shake, Rattle & Rock! (1956) Runaway Daughters (1956) Flesh and the Spur (1957) Voodoo Woman (1957) Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) Dragstrip Girl (1957) Motorcycle Gang (1957) Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) Jet Attack (1958) Suicide Battalion (1958) Curse of the Faceless Man (1958) It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) Hong Kong Confidential (1958) The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959) Guns, Girls and Gangsters (1959) Inside the Mafia (1959) Invisible Invaders (1959) Pier 5, Havana (1959) Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959) A Dog's Best Friend (1959) Vice Raid (1960) Cage of Evil (1960) Gunfighters of Abilene (1960) The Music Box Kid (1960) Noose for a Gunman (1960) Oklahoma Territory (1960) Three Came to Kill (1960) Twelve Hours to Kill (1960) The Walking Target (1960) Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961) Frontier Uprising (1961) Five Guns to Tombstone (1961) Police Dog Story (1961) Operation Bottleneck (1961) Gun Fight (1961) The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961) When the Clock Strikes (1961) You Have to Run Fast (1961) Secret of Deep Harbor (1961) Gun Street (1962) The Clown and the Kid (1962) Incident in an Alley (1962) Beauty and the Beast (1962)

v t e Films produced by Edward Small 1910-20s Who's Your Neighbor? (1917) The Sporting Lover (1926) The Cohens and Kellys (1926) The Gorilla (1927) McFadden's Flats (1927) Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (1928) The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris (1928) My Man (1928) Companionate Marriage (1928) Song of Love (1929) 1930s Clancy in Wall Street (1930) Igloo (1932) I Cover the Waterfront (1933) Palooka (1933) The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934) Let 'Em Have It (1935) Red Salute (1935) The Melody Lingers On (1935) The Last of the Mohicans (1936) The Bride Walks Out (1936) We Who Are About to Die (1937) Sea Devils (1937) New Faces of 1937 (1937) Super-Sleuth (1937) The Toast of New York (1937) The Duke of West Point (1938) King of the Turf (1939) The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) 1940s My Son, My Son! (1940) The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) South of Pago Pago (1940) Kit Carson (1940) International Lady (1941) The Corsican Brothers (1941) A Gentleman After Dark (1942) Twin Beds (1942) Miss Annie Rooney (1942) Friendly Enemies (1942) Up in Mabel's Room (1944) Abroad with Two Yanks (1944) Brewster's Millions (1945) Getting Gertie's Garter (1945) Temptation (1946) The Return of Monte Cristo (1946) T-Men (1947) The Black Arrow (1948) The Fuller Brush Man (1948) Raw Deal (1948) Walk a Crooked Mile (1948) Black Magic (1949) 1950s Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950) The Iroquois Trail (1950) Valentino (1951) Lorna Doone (1951) The Texas Rangers (1951) Indian Uprising (1952) Scandal Sheet (1952) The Brigand (1952) Cripple Creek (1952) Kansas City Confidential (1952) The Bandits of Corsica (1953) Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953) Dragon's Gold (1953) Gun Belt (1953) The Neanderthal Man (1953) 99 River Street (1953) Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953) Sabre Jet (1953) The Steel Lady (1953) Wicked Woman (1953) Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954) Khyber Patrol (1954) The Lone Gun (1954) Overland Pacific (1954) Return to Treasure Island (1954) Southwest Passage (1954) Down Three Dark Streets (1954) New York Confidential (1955) The Naked Street (1955) Top Gun (1955) Comanche (1955) Gun Brothers (1956) UFO (1956) Chicago Confidential (1957) 5 Steps to Danger (1957) Gun Duel in Durango (1957) The Iron Sheriff (1957) Monkey on My Back (1957) Curse of the Faceless Man (1958) Hong Kong Confidential (1958) It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958) Witness for the Prosecution (1958) The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959) Guns, Girls and Gangsters (1959) Inside the Mafia (1959) Invisible Invaders (1959) Pier 5, Havana (1959) Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959) Solomon and Sheba (1959) Timbuktu (1959) (had name removed from credits) Vice Raid (1959) 1960s Cage of Evil (1960) A Dog's Best Friend (1960) Gunfighters of Abilene (1960) The Music Box Kid (1960) Noose for a Gunman (1960) Oklahoma Territory (1960) Three Came to Kill (1960) The Walking Target (1960) Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961) The Cat Burglar (1961) Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961) Frontier Uprising (1961) Five Guns to Tombstone (1961) The Flight That Disappeared (1961) The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961) Gun Fight (1961) Mary Had a Little... (1961) Operation Bottleneck (1961) Police Dog Story (1961) Secret of Deep Harbor (1961) The Snake Woman (1961) Three on a Spree (1961) When the Clock Strikes (1961) You Have to Run Fast (1961) The Greengage Summer (1961) Beauty and the Beast (1962) The Clown and the Kid (1962) Deadly Duo (1962) Gun Street (1962) Incident in an Alley (1962) Jack the Giant Killer (1962) Saintly Sinners (1962) Tower of London (1962) Diary of a Madman (1963) Twice Told Tales (1963) I'll Take Sweden (1965) Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966) Frankie and Johnny (1966) The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968) The File of the Golden Goose (1969) The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970)

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