Bataan (1943)
THE STORY OF A PATROL OF 13 HEROES
114 min
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.
- Release date
- June 3, 1943
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Robert Taylor as Sergeant Bill Dane
- George Murphy as Lieut. Steve Bentley
- Lloyd Nolan as Corp. Barney Todd
- Thomas Mitchell as Corp. Jake Feingold
- Lee Bowman as Capt. Henry Lassiter
- Robert Walker as Leonard Purckett
- Desi Arnaz as Felix Ramirez
- Barry Nelson as F.X. Matowski
- Phillip Terry as Matthew Hardy
- Roque Espiritu as Corp. Juan Katigbak
Crew
- Tay Garnett · Director
- Robert Hardy Andrews · Writer
- Irving Starr · Producer
- Bronislau Kaper · Composer
- Sidney Wagner · Cinematographer
- George White · Editor