Bataan (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.
Director:
Tay Garnett
Writer:
Robert Hardy Andrews
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Robert Taylor as Sgt. Bill Dane |
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George Murphy as Lt. Steve Bentley |
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Thomas Mitchell as Cpl. Jake Feingold |
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Lloyd Nolan as Cpl. Barney Todd |
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Lee Bowman as Capt. Henry Lassiter |
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Robert Walker as Leonard Purckett |
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Desi Arnaz as Felix Ramirez |
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Barry Nelson as F.X. Matowski |
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Phillip Terry as Matthew Hardy |
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Roque Espiritu as Corp. Juan Katigbak |
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Kenneth Spencer as Wesley Eeps |
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Alex Havier as Yankee Salazar |
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Tom Dugan as Sam Malloy |
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Mary McLeod as Elsie McAlister |
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Donald Curtis as Lieutenant |
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Phil Schumacher as Machine Gunner |
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Bud Geary as Infantry Soldier |
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Ernie Alexander as Wounded Soldier |
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Luke Chan as Japanese Soldier |
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Wing Foo as Japanese Soldier |
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Beal Wong as Japanese Soldier |
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Bruce Wong as Japanese Soldier |
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Tom Yuen as Filipino |
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Leigh Sterling as Man |
| Directing | Tay Garnett | Director |
| Writing | Robert Hardy Andrews | Screenplay |
| Writing | Garrett Fort | Writer |
| Writing | Dudley Nichols | Writer |
| Production | Irving Starr | Producer |
| Production | Dore Schary | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Daniele Amfitheatrof | Music |
| Editing | George White | Editor |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Bronislau Kaper | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Sidney Wagner | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Dawn | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Arch Smith | Unit Manager |
| Art | Glen Barner | Set Decoration |
| Art | Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Art | Frank Wesselhoff | Painter |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Crew | A. Arnold Gillespie | Special Effects |
| Crew | Warren Newcombe | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Max Fabian | Visual Effects |
| Camera | George Bourne | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Harry Downard | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco | Additional Music |
| Sound | Nat W. Finston | Conductor |
| Sound | Leonid Raab | Orchestrator |
| Crew | L.S. Chappelear | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Eric Zeisl | Additional Music |