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Bataan( 1943)

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THE STORY OF A PATROL OF 13 HEROES

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Robert Taylor

      Sgt. Bill Dane

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      George Murphy

      Lt. Steve Bentley

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      Thomas Mitchell

      Cpl. Jake Feingold

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      Lloyd Nolan

      Cpl. Barney Todd

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      Lee Bowman

      Capt. Henry Lassiter

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      Robert Walker

      Leonard Purckett

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      Desi Arnaz

      Felix Ramirez

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      Barry Nelson

      F.X. Matowski

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      Phillip Terry

      Matthew Hardy

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      Roque Espiritu

      Corp. Juan Katigbak

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      Kenneth Spencer

      Wesley Eeps

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      Alex Havier

      Yankee Salazar

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      Tom Dugan

      Sam Malloy

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      Mary McLeod

      Elsie McAlister

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      Donald Curtis

      Lieutenant

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      Phil Schumacher

      Machine Gunner

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      Bud Geary

      Infantry Soldier

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      Ernie Alexander

      Wounded Soldier

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      Luke Chan

      Japanese Soldier

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      Wing Foo

      Japanese Soldier

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      Beal Wong

      Japanese Soldier

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      Bruce Wong

      Japanese Soldier

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      Tom Yuen

      Filipino

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      Leigh Sterling

      Man

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    A review by John Chard

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    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...

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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
    • pacific theater
    • last stand
    • bataan
    • bridge blowup