Bataan( 1943)

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THE STORY OF A PATROL OF 13 HEROES

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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.

Top Billed Cast

Robert Taylor
Sgt. Bill Dane
George Murphy
Lt. Steve Bentley
Thomas Mitchell
Cpl. Jake Feingold
Lloyd Nolan
Cpl. Barney Todd
Lee Bowman
Capt. Henry Lassiter
Robert Walker
Leonard Purckett
Desi Arnaz
Felix Ramirez
Barry Nelson
F.X. Matowski
Phillip Terry
Matthew Hardy
Roque Espiritu
Corp. Juan Katigbak
Kenneth Spencer
Wesley Eeps
Alex Havier
Yankee Salazar
Tom Dugan
Sam Malloy
Mary McLeod
Elsie McAlister
Donald Curtis
Lieutenant
Phil Schumacher
Machine Gunner
Bud Geary
Infantry Soldier
Ernie Alexander
Wounded Soldier
Luke Chan
Japanese Soldier
Wing Foo
Japanese Soldier
Beal Wong
Japanese Soldier
Bruce Wong
Japanese Soldier
Tom Yuen
Filipino
Leigh Sterling
Man

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Sun Mar 22 2020

One of the 1940s best war movies. World War II and it's the Bataan peninsula. 13 members of the US armed forces, with Filipino volunteers, have been hastily assembled to blow up a bridge and delay Japanese attempts to rebuild it for as long as possible. As the Japanese close in from the surrounding jungle, the men must also battle with their own wills to have any hope of survival. Lets get the complaints of others out the way first. Yes this is a studio shot production, yes there is model work involved, and yes this is unashamedly a flag waving, chest thumping, rally call of heroism. Bas...