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Bataan

Bataan

THE STORY OF A PATROL OF 13 HEROES

19436.41h 54m

Overview

During Japan's invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Capt. Henry Lassiter, Sgt. Bill Dane and a diverse group of American soldiers are ordered to destroy and hold a strategic bridge in order to delay the Japanese forces and allow Gen. MacArthur time to secure Bataan. When the Japanese soldiers begin to rebuild the bridge and advance, the group struggles with not only hunger, sickness and gunfire, but also the knowledge that there is likely no relief on the way.

Directed by Tay Garnett
Written by Robert Hardy Andrews, Dudley Nichols, Garrett Fort
Produced by Irving Starr
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Top Cast

Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor

Sgt. Bill Dane

George Murphy

George Murphy

Lt. Steve Bentley

Thomas Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell

Cpl. Jake Feingold

Lloyd Nolan

Lloyd Nolan

Cpl. Barney Todd

Lee Bowman

Lee Bowman

Capt. Henry Lassiter

Robert Walker

Robert Walker

Leonard Purckett

Desi Arnaz

Desi Arnaz

Felix Ramirez

Barry Nelson

Barry Nelson

F.X. Matowski

Phillip Terry

Phillip Terry

Matthew Hardy

R

Roque Espiritu

Corp. Juan Katigbak

Themes & Keywords

world war iius armyphilippinessuicide missionbayonetmachine gunphilippine armypacific theaterone by onejapanese armybataanbattlefield traumabridge blowuphistorical battlesnipers

About Bataan

Bataan is a action, drama, war film released in 1943 exploring themes of world war ii, us army, philippines, suicide mission, bayonet, machine gun. Directed by Tay Garnett, it stars Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell. During Japan's invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Capt. Henry Lassiter, Sgt. Bill Dane and a diverse group of American soldiers are ordered to destroy and hold a strategic bridge in order to delay the Japanese forces and allow Gen. MacArthur time to secure Bataan. When the Japanese soldiers begin to rebuild the bridge and advance, the group struggles with not only hunger, sickness and gunfire, but also the knowledge that there is likely no relief on the way.

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