Bataan
1943 · Movie · NR · 114 min · ★ 6.5 · 71% critics
As Japanese forces push through the Philippines in 1942, a small mixed unit is ordered to destroy and hold a vital bridge to slow the advance. Trapped in the jungle, they face mounting attacks, exhaustion, illness, and the fear that no help is coming.
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Details
- Years
- 1943
- Release date
- 1943-06-03
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Critic score
- 71/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (36 votes)
About
If you like old-school World War II stories such as Battleground or Air Force, this offers grim tension, duty, and endurance; Not for you if you dislike dated propaganda or slower, dialogue-heavy war dramas.
Pros: tense jungle atmosphere; gritty combat scenes; strong group camaraderie | Cons: dated wartime attitudes; uneven realism; talky stretches
Themes
- world war ii
- us army
- philippines
- suicide mission
- bayonet
- machine gun
- philippine army
- pacific theater
- one by one
- japanese army
- bataan
- battlefield trauma
- +3 more
Awards & recognition
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Cast & crew
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
- RE
Roque Espiritu
as Corp. Juan Katigbak
Directed by Tay Garnett