# Surrender - Hell!

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{{Short description|1959 film by John Barnwell}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Surrender - Hell!
| image          = 
| caption        = theatrical poster
| director       = [John Barnwell](/source/John_Barnwell)
| producer       = Preston Sturges
| writer         = John Barnwell<br> Philip Harkins<br>Charles Martin
| starring       = [Keith Andes](/source/Keith_Andes)<br>[Susan Cabot](/source/Susan_Cabot)<br>[Paraluman](/source/Paraluman)<br>[Vic Diaz](/source/Vic_Diaz)
| music          = [Francisco Buencamino, Jr.](/source/Francisco_Buencamino%2C_Jr.) 
| cinematography = [Mike Accion](/source/Mike_Accion)
| editing        = Gerardo de Leon
| studio         = Cory Film Corp. 
| distributor    = [Allied Artists Picture Corporation](/source/Allied_Artists_Picture_Corporation)
| released       = {{film date|1959|7|26|}}
| runtime        = 85 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = 
| gross          =
}}
'''''Surrender - Hell!''''' is a 1959 American film based on the exploits of [Donald Blackburn](/source/Donald_Blackburn) in [World War II](/source/World_War_II), fighting as a guerrilla leader during the [Japanese occupation of the Philippines](/source/Japanese_occupation_of_the_Philippines).<ref>Keith Andes Good in New War Drama, Warren, Geoffrey. Los Angeles Times, 10 December 1959: C12.</ref>

==Plot==
Don Blackburn is stationed in the [Philippines](/source/Philippines) at the outset of World War II. After the [order to surrender](/source/Japanese_occupation_of_the_Philippines) in 1942, Blackburn flees rather than becoming a prisoner. Helped by civilians, he eventually makes his way into the mountains of [Luzon](/source/Luzon), where he organizes the headhunter tribes into a guerrilla force. Along with other similar forces, they liberate northern Luzon to aid in [the reconquest of the Philippines](/source/Philippines_campaign_(1944%E2%80%931945)).

==Cast==
*[Keith Andes](/source/Keith_Andes) as Colonel [Donald D. Blackburn](/source/Donald_Blackburn)
*[Susan Cabot](/source/Susan_Cabot) as Delia Guerrero
*[Paraluman](/source/Paraluman) as Pilar
*[Nestor de Villa](/source/Nestor_de_Villa) as Major Bulao
*[Vic Diaz](/source/Vic_Diaz) as Village Market Owner (uncredited)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{TCMDb title|92004}}
*{{IMDb title|0051032}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190307112330/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bf3eee4 Surrender Hell] at BFI
*[https://catalog.afi.com/Film/53028-SURRENDER--HELL Surrender -- Hell!] at AFI
*[https://arsof-history.org/articles/v4n3_blackburn_page_1.html Donald D. Blackburn] at [https://arsof-history.org/index.html Army Special Operation Forces - History]

Category:1959 films
Category:American biographical films
Category:American war films
Category:American films based on actual events
Category:Films set in the Philippines
Category:Pacific War films
Category:World War II films based on actual events
Category:1959 American films
Category:1959 war films
Category:American black-and-white films

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