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Back to Bataan (1945) ← Back to main. Cast 42. John Wayne. Colonel Joseph Madden Beulah Bondi. Bertha Barnes Anthony Quinn. Captain Andres Bonifacio Fely Franquelli ...
Saying Back to Bataan is forgettable is an understatement, even thinking back now the most I can remember is that Wayne surprised me with a bit of a beard at one point. A lean runtime and strong chemistry between the headline stars couldn't elevate the small scale underwhelming story.
Back To Bataan has more excitement per reel than anything you've come across in some time and explodes the theory that war pictures are necessarily dated. Full Review | Feb 1, 2023.
After the fall of the Philippines to the Japanese in World War II, Col. Joseph Madden (John Wayne) of the U.S. Army stays on to organize guerrilla fighters against the conquerors.
Back to Bataan is a film directed by Edward Dmytryk with John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi, Fely Franquelli .... Year: 1945. Original title: Back to Bataan.
Where to watch Back to Bataan (1945) starring John Wayne, Beulah Bondi, Anthony Quinn and directed by Edward Dmytryk. In 1942, after the fall of the Philippines to the Japanese, U.S. Army Col. Joseph Madden stays behind to organize the local resistance against the Japanese invaders.
The film begins with the 1945 US Army Ranger raid at Cabanatuan prisoner-of-war camp. The film then flashes back to March 1942. As the U.S. Army troopa under General MacArthur struggle to hold on at Bataan against the Japanese, Colonel Joseph Madden orders one of his officers, Captain Andrés Bonifácio, to shape up.
