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Bataan (1943)

NR 06/03/1943 (US) Action, Drama, War 1h 54m

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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.

Tay Garnett

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Robert Hardy Andrews

Screenplay
Dudley Nichols

Writer
Garrett Fort

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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
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A review by John Chard

80%

Written by John Chard on March 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... read the rest.

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