Bataan (1943) | |
| Director(s) | Tay Garnett |
| Producer(s) | Irving Starr, Dore Schary (executive uncredited) |
| Top Genres | War |
| Top Topics | Army, World War II |
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Bataan (1943) was a War Film directed by Tay Garnett and produced by Dore Schary and Irving Starr.
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A group of doomed Americans and Filipinos hold a bridge against invading Japanese. Over-the-top flag waving made this a based-on-fact Hollywood blockbuster of the war era, despite a pretty fake-looking jungle.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
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By Beatrice on Jan 6, 2015 From Flickers in TimeBack to Bataan Directed by Edward Dmytryk Written by Ben Barzman and Richard H. Landau; Original Story by Aeneas MacKenzie and William Gordon 1945/USA RKO Radio Pictures First viewing/Netflix rental Bertha Barnes: [tearfully] No one ever learned it so well. For propaganda-combat, this takes the cake... Read full article
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The Call Bureau Cast Service lists Lynne Carver and Dorothy Morris as "Nurses", but they were not identifiable in the movie, although one nurse is seen from the rear and another in long-shot. Also Richard Derr was said to be a cast member and Mary Elliott a "Nurse" in contemporary news items; they also were not seen in the movie.
The Bataan of the film's title refers to both the World War II Battle of Bataan and the place Bataan which is a Central Luzon region province on Luzon island in the Philippines which occupies the whole of the Bataan Peninsula on the island.
Desi Arnaz has said it was his idea to recite the Latin prayer "Mea Culpa" during his character's death scene. It was a prayer he learned as a boy in Cuba.
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The Bataan of the film's title refers to both the World War II Battle of Bataan and the place Bataan which is a Central Luzon region province on Luzon island in the Philippines which occupies the whole of the Bataan Peninsula on the island.
Desi Arnaz has said it was his idea to recite the Latin prayer "Mea Culpa" during his character's death scene. It was a prayer he learned as a boy in Cuba.
read more facts about Bataan...
