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Back to Bataan

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1h 35m
1945

86%

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John Wayne stars as the leader of a determined band of resistance fighters combating the Japanese until the American Army battles triumphantly Back to Bataan. World War II, Philippines. When the American Army evacuates after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Colonel Joseph Madden (Wayne) stays behind to organize an underground resistance. With the help of Philippine Army Captain Andres Bonifacio (Academy Award winner Anthony Quinn), the small, determined band of warriors becomes the tip of the military spear that stops the Imperial Japanese Army from advancing across Asia and the Pacific.

Director:

Edward Dmytryk

Producer:

Robert Fellows

Writer:

Ben Barzman, Richard Landau

Cast:

John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Fely Franquelli, Beulah Bondi, Richard Loo, Lawrence Tierney, Philip Ahn, 'Ducky' Louie, Leonard Strong, Paul Fix, Abner Biberman, Vladimir Sokoloff

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

86%

Critics Consensus: Well-intentioned, albeit occasionally clumsily so, Back to Bataan is a rousing war picture featuring an array of fine performances.

Reviews

Philadelphia Inquirer

Mildred Martin

There are excellent and exciting battle sequences, as well as one throat-tightening, laudably un-Hollywoodized, glimpse of the infamous Death March. And there are also numerous good performances under the firm, capable direction of Edward Dmytryk.

Back To Bataan has more excitement per reel than anything you've come across in some time and explodes the theory that war pictures are necessarily dated.

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

Ida Belle Hicks

The picture, which drew its vitality from the front pages of the newspapers, goes deeper than the headlines and delves into the human story behind the guns and bayonets.

The picture's strength is its fast action.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Harold V. Cohen

Back to Bataan is a bang-up show and a bitter . memory, its hair-raising thrills tempered by its aching terrors.

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