Back to Bataan

Back to Bataan

Infobox Film
name = Back to Bataan


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director = Edward Dmytryk
producer = Robert Fellows (exec. producer)
Theron Warth (assoc. producer)
writer = Aeneas MacKenzie (story)
William Gordon (story)
Ben Barzman
Richard H. Landau
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starring = John Wayne
Anthony Quinn
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released = May 31, 1945
runtime = 95 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget =
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imdb_id = 0037522

Back to Bataan (1945) is a World War II war film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring John Wayne and Anthony Quinn. It was produced by RKO Radio Pictures. It depicts events (some fictionalized and some actual) that took place after the Battle of Bataan (1941 - 1942) on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.

Plot

As American forces under General MacArthur are forced to pull out of Bataan, Colonel Joseph Madden (John Wayne) of the U.S. Army, stays behind to organize guerrilla fighters against the occupying Japanese forces in the Philippines. Madden teams up with Filipino resistance fighters to liberate POW's from Cabanatuan.

One of his officers, Captain Andrés Bonifácio (Anthony Quinn), carries a heavy burden. Not only does he have to live up to being the grandson of a national hero, but his former fiancée Dalisay Delgado (Fely Franquelli) is apparently collaborating with the Japanese, broadcasting propaganda over the radio. (In actuality, Ms. Delgado was also using the propaganda broadcasts as a means to relay sensitive information to the Filipino resistance without incurring Japanese suspicions - a fact known "only" to Col. Madden and his superiors.)

Cast

* John Wayne - Col. Joseph Madden
* Anthony Quinn - Capt. Andrés Bonifácio
* Beulah Bondi - Bertha Barnes
* Fely Franquelli - Dalisay Delgado
* Richard Loo - Maj. Hasko
* Philip Ahn - Col. Coroki
* Alex Havier - Sgt. Bernessa
* 'Ducky' Louie - Maximo Cuenca
* Lawrence Tierney - Lt. Cmdr. Waite
* Leonard Strong - Gen. Homma
* Paul Fix - Bindle Jackson
* Abner Biberman - Japanese captain at schoolhouse
* Vladimir Sokoloff - Señor Buenaventura J. Bello

Actual U.S. soldiers liberated from the POW camp at Cabanatuan in 1945 were used as extras in the recreation of that event.

Production

As the script for the film was being written, the Battle for Bataan was actually being fought in the Philippines. This resulted in several script changes in order to keep up with current events.

ee also

* John Wayne filmography (1941-1960)

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0000078|name=John Wayne
*imdb title|id=0037522|title=Back to Bataan


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