Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
37 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert Hardy AndrewsScreenplay
- Tay GarnettDirector
- Dudley NicholsWriter
- Garrett FortWriter
- Bronislau KaperOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Robert TaylorSgt. Bill Dane
- George MurphyLt. Steve Bentley
- Thomas MitchellCpl. Jake Feingold
- Lloyd NolanCpl. Barney Todd
- Lee BowmanCapt. Henry Lassiter
- Robert WalkerLeonard Purckett
- Desi ArnazFelix Ramirez
- Barry NelsonF.X. Matowski
- Phillip TerryMatthew Hardy
- Roque EspirituCorp. Juan Katigbak
- Kenneth SpencerWesley Eeps
- Alex HavierYankee Salazar
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Themes
world war iius armyphilippinessuicide missionbayonetmachine gunphilippine armypacific theaterone by onejapanese armybataanbattlefield trauma