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6.5During 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.
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
Themes
- world war ii
- us army
- philippines
- suicide mission
- bayonet
- machine gun
- philippine army
- pacific theater
- one by one
- japanese army
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
2,793 votes
- Year
- 1943
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 2 wins
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Bataan est un film américain réalisé par Tay Garnett, sorti en 1943, traitant de la bataille de Bataan survenue l'année précédente.
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