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Back to Bataan( 1945)

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SEE! Battle of Bataan! March of Death! Guerilla Raids! Fierce bolo fighters in action!

Overview

An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.

    Top Billed Cast

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      John Wayne

      Colonel Joseph Madden

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      Beulah Bondi

      Bertha Barnes

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      Anthony Quinn

      Captain Andres Bonifacio

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      Fely Franquelli

      Dalisay Delgado

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      Richard Loo

      Maj. Hasko

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      Philip Ahn

      Col. Coroki

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      Alex Havier

      Sgt. Bernessa

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      'Ducky' Louie

      Maximo Cuenca

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      Lawrence Tierney

      Lt. Cmdr. Waite

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      Leonard Strong

      Gen. Homma

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      Paul Fix

      Bindle Jackson

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      Abner Biberman

      Japanese Captain

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      Vladimir Sokoloff

      Señor Buenaventura J. Bello

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      Erville Alderson

      Teacher (uncredited)

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      Spencer Chan

      Japanese Man (uncredited)

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      W.T. Chang

      Leader (uncredited)

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      Robert Clarke

      Soldier (uncredited)

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      Roger Cole

      Wainwright's Aide (uncredited)

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      Angelo Cruz

      Cruz (uncredited)

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      Pat Davis

      Aide (uncredited)

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      Tony Dell

      Soldier (uncredited)

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      Abe Dinovitch

      Singer (uncredited)

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      Marcello Estorres

      Priest (uncredited)

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      Tommy Estrella

      Second Guerrilla (uncredited)

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      Benson Fong

      Officer Making Broadcast (uncredited)

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      Harold Fong

      Prince Ito (uncredited)

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      H.W. Gim

      Japanese Secret Agent (uncredited)

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      Edmund Glover

      (uncredited)

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      Erick Hanson

      Wainwright's Aide (uncredited)

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      Joseph Kim

      Sgt. Osami (uncredited)

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      Pauline Lang

      Minor Role (uncredited)

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      Jung Lim

      Japanese General (uncredited)

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      Jimmy Lono

      Filipino Priest (uncredited)

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      Leon Lontoc

      First Guerrilla (uncredited)

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      Kenneth MacDonald

      Maj. McKinley (uncredited)

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      Michael Mark

      Señor O'Bordo (uncredited)

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      John Miljan

      Gen. Jonathan Wainwright ('Skinny') (uncredited)

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      Andy Nocon

      Minor Role (uncredited)

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      Ted O'Shea

      Minor Role (uncredited)

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      Carmen Padilla

      Marie (uncredited)

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      Ray Teal

      Lt. Col. Roberts (uncredited)

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      Bill Williams

      (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

    7
    Written by John Chard on Wed Jan 06 2016
    I send out 100 men, they find nothing. I send out ten men, they don't come back. Is it churlish to complain about overt flag waving in war movies? Or to decry propaganda prose in the same? Back to Bataan is guilty as charged, yet such is the composition of Edward Dmytryk's film, and its focus on a part of the war we rarely have seen on film, it matters not. We are in 1942, and after the fall of the Philippines to the Japanese, U.S. Army Col. Joseph Madden (John Wayne) stays behind to lead the local guerrilla resistance against the Japanese army. With that synopsis it isn't hard to figure ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • world war ii
    • philippines
    • bataan