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- Anyone interested in the factual events preceding and during the three month Battle of Bataan would be better served reading any of a dozen military accounts, most relevant, perhaps, "Bataan Our Last Ditch," Lt. Col. John Whitman. No other movie has ever been made about this fight.
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May 21, 2021 · If you’re of a certain age, you’ve probably turned on the television late at night and stumbled upon Bataan, a 1943 film about a squad of American soldiers caught up in the doomed defense of the Philippines. It’s unlikely you gave the film much thought.
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Bataan is a 1943 American black-and-white World War II film drama from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced by Irving Starr (with Dore Schary as executive producer), and directed by Tay Garnett, that stars Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Lloyd Nolan, Thomas Mitchell, Lee Bowman, Desi Arnaz and Robert Walker.
After the fall of Manila, the Americans were hurled back by the advanced of the enemy. In the face of the onslaught General MacArthur ordered a fighting retreat by all USAFFE units consisting of some 30.000 American and 120.000 Filipino troops to Bataan Peninsular until reinforcements arrive.
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Jul 7, 2003 · In late 1941, tens of thousands of American and Filipino soldiers fought a desperate battle to defend the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines from the Japanese.
The film depicts events (some fictionalized and some actual) that took place after the Battle of Bataan (1941–42) on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The working title of the film was The Invisible Army .
During Japan's invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Capt. Henry Lassiter (Lee Bowman), Sgt. Bill Dane (Robert Taylor) and a diverse group of American soldiers are ordered to destroy and hold a...
- War, History, Drama
Though fictionalized, this fact-based film tells the story of a small number of Americans who act as a rearguard against the Japanese army by preventing them from driving south on a bridge to Bataan. This small patrol of soldiers must contend with sniper fire, air raids, and an overwhelming number of Japanese soldiers.
