Bataan
Original title: Bataan
Original language: enIMDB: tt0035664
TMDB: 43506
Release date: Thursday, 3rd June 1943
Adult: No
Duration: 1h 54min
Popularity: 6.226
Rate: 6.452 / 32 votes
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.
Popularity: 6.226
Rate: 6.452 / 32 votes
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.
Directors
Tay Garnett
(Director)
(Director)Writers
Cast
Robert Taylor
(Sgt. Bill Dane)
(Sgt. Bill Dane)George Murphy
(Lt. Steve Bentley)
(Lt. Steve Bentley)Thomas Mitchell
(Cpl. Jake Feingold)
(Cpl. Jake Feingold)Lloyd Nolan
(Cpl. Barney Todd)
(Cpl. Barney Todd)Lee Bowman
(Capt. Henry Lassiter)
(Capt. Henry Lassiter)Robert Walker
(Leonard Purckett)
(Leonard Purckett)Desi Arnaz
(Felix Ramirez)
(Felix Ramirez)Barry Nelson
(F.X. Matowski)
(F.X. Matowski)Phillip Terry
(Matthew Hardy)
(Matthew Hardy)Roque Espiritu
(Corp. Juan Katigbak)
(Corp. Juan Katigbak)Kenneth Spencer (Wesley Eeps)
(Wesley Eeps)Alex Havier
(Yankee Salazar)
(Yankee Salazar)Tom Dugan
(Sam Malloy)
(Sam Malloy)Mary McLeod (Elsie McAlister)
(Elsie McAlister)Donald Curtis
(Lieutenant)
(Lieutenant)Phil Schumacher (Machine Gunner)
(Machine Gunner)Bud Geary
(Infantry Soldier)
(Infantry Soldier)Ernie Alexander (Wounded Soldier)
(Wounded Soldier)Luke Chan (Japanese Soldier)
(Japanese Soldier)Wing Foo (Japanese Soldier)
(Japanese Soldier)Beal Wong (Japanese Soldier)
(Japanese Soldier)Bruce Wong (Japanese Soldier)
(Japanese Soldier)Tom Yuen (Filipino)
(Filipino)Leigh Sterling (Man)
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