Bataan (1943)
- Directed by
- Tay Garnett
- Genre
- war film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 37 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of American soldiers are ordered to blow up a bridge to slow the Japanese advance during the battle for the Bataan Peninsula. The story follows these men as they face the harsh realities of war and their own inevitable fate.
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What happens
Bataan is a 1943 American black-and-white World War II drama film 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, Lee Bowman, 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 Philippines against the invading Japanese. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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