Bataan

Bataan

THE STORY OF A PATROL OF 13 HEROES

NR 1943 · 114 min · ★ 6.4 · 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.

Directed by Tay Garnett · Written by Robert Hardy Andrews

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