Lost Battalion (1960 film)

Lost Battalion
Lost Battalion
	Film poster
Directed by	Eddie Romero
Written by	Cesar Amigo; Eddie Romero;
Produced by	Eddie Romero; Kane W. Lynn;
Starring	Leopoldo Salcedo; Diane Jergens;
Cinematography	Felipe Sacdalan
Edited by	Joven Calub
Music by	Les Baxter
Production; companies	Alta Vista Productions; Com Productions; LYNRO Pictures;
Distributed by	People's Pictures (1960) (Philippines); American International Pictures (1962) (USA);
Release dates	17 March 1960 (Philippines); 4 April 1960 (UK);
Running time	83 minutes
Country	Philippines
Languages	Filipino; English

Lost Battalion (aka Escape to Paradise) is a 1960 black-and-white Filipino romantic war film produced and directed by Eddie Romero, and co-produced by Romero and Kane W. Lynn. Set during World War II, it stars Leopoldo Salcedo, Johnny Monteiro and Diane Jergens. It was later released in the US by American International Pictures as Lost Battalion, on a double feature with Guns of the Black Witch in 1962. The film's ad line read "200 Men and One Girl Trapped in a Ring of Steel!"