BATAAN

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• Release Year: 1943
• Genre: War
• Plot: Bataan peninsula 1942. Sgt. Bill Dane (Robert Taylor) and his 12 men face hopeless odds as the enemy pushes toward its inevitable conquest of the Philippines. They are cut off from reinforcements, weakened by malaria, hugely outnumbered. And in this film, greatly remembered.; ; Unlike many war-era films, this stirring saga tempers its heroics with the hard reality of history. Dane's mission: hold a strategic bridge. The combat: fierce and unsparing. George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Nolan, Robert Walker, Desi Arnaz, and more join Taylor in this salute to American and Philippine forces who, as the movie notes, 'may have done more than we'll ever know to save this whole world.'
• Cast: Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Nolan, Lee Bowman, Robert Walker, Desi Arnaz, Barry Nelson, Phillip Terry, Roque Espiritu, Kenneth Spencer, Alex Havier, Tom Dugan, Donald Curtis, Ernie Alexander, Luke Chan, Wing Foo, Bud Geary, Mary McLeod, Phil Schumacher, Leigh Sterling, Beal Wong, Bruce Wong, Tom Yuen, Tay Garnett
• Director: Tay Garnett
• Runtime: 1:54
• Company: Warner Bros.
• Media Format: Movie