Bataan

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.

Cast

Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor

as Sgt. Bill Dane

George Murphy

George Murphy

as Lt. Steve Bentley

Thomas Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell

as Cpl. Jake Feingold

Lloyd Nolan

Lloyd Nolan

as Cpl. Barney Todd

Lee Bowman

Lee Bowman

as Capt. Henry Lassiter

Robert Walker

Robert Walker

as Leonard Purckett

Desi Arnaz

Desi Arnaz

as Felix Ramirez

Barry Nelson

Barry Nelson

as F.X. Matowski

Phillip Terry

Phillip Terry

as Matthew Hardy

Roque Espiritu

Roque Espiritu

as Corp. Juan Katigbak

Reviews

John Chard

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 surround...

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