Bataan
Jun 03 1943
•2h 54m
•Action, Drama, War
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.
Cast
See allRobert Taylor
Sgt. Bill Dane
George Murphy
Lt. Steve Bentley
Thomas Mitchell
Cpl. Jake Feingold
Lloyd Nolan
Cpl. Barney Todd
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