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Bataan. (film) 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, Desi Arnaz and Robert Walker. It follows the fates of a group of men ...
Bataan: Directed by Tay Garnett. With Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Nolan. In 1942, in the Bataan peninsula of the Philippines, a ragtag American unit commanded by Sergeant Bill Dane attempts to blow-up a bridge in order to slow the Japanese advance.
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- Drama, History, War
- Tay Garnett
- 1944-04-15
May 21, 2021 · Directed by Tay Garnett, the 1943 movie might seem cheesy on first viewing due to its instantly predictable—yet at the time innovative—plot. 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 ...
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In one of the tersest, most exciting World War II dramas made during that war, Bataan (1943) was MGM's answer to Paramount's hugely successful Wake Island in 1942. 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.
- Tay Garnett, Bill Lewis
- Robert Taylor
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 ...
Bataan is a 1943 American black-and-white World War II film drama from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced by Irving Starr, and directed by Tay Garnett, that stars Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Lloyd Nolan, Thomas Mitchell, Desi Arnaz and Robert Walker. It follows the fates of a group of men charged with destroying a bridge during the doomed defense of the Bataan Peninsula by American forces in the ...
