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Bataan

1943, English. Directed by Tay Garnett.

THE STORY OF A PATROL OF 13 HEROES

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.

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1h 54m
Post-credits
None listed
Language
English
Rated
NR

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Released
3 June 1943
Country
United States of America
Written by
Robert Hardy Andrews, Garrett Fort, Dudley Nichols
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Bataan (1943) was directed by Tay Garnett and stars Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell.

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