Bataan

Bataan

114 mins | Drama, Action, War | June 3, 1943

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.

Bataan

114 mins | Drama, Action, War | June 3, 1943

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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's
Original title Bataan
Directors Tay Garnett
Writers Robert Hardy Andrews, Garrett Fort, Dudley Nichols

Cast

Robert Taylor

as Sgt. Bill Dane

George Murphy

as Lt. Steve Bentley

Thomas Mitchell

as Cpl. Jake Feingold

Lloyd Nolan

as Cpl. Barney Todd

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

Kenneth Spencer

as Wesley Eeps

Alex Havier

as Yankee Salazar

Tom Dugan

as Sam Malloy

Mary McLeod

as Elsie McAlister

Donald Curtis

as Lieutenant

Phil Schumacher

as Machine Gunner

Bud Geary

as Infantry Soldier

Ernie Alexander

as Wounded Soldier

Luke Chan

as Japanese Soldier

Wing Foo

as Japanese Soldier

Beal Wong

as Japanese Soldier

Bruce Wong

as Japanese Soldier

Tom Yuen

as Filipino