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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This is one of few contemporary World War II films to feature an American soldier who was an African-American. As such, the movie was not shown in parts of the American South. The book "The Films of World War II" notes that producer Dore Schary said that letters of complaint were received by the studio.
Twenty-seven year old Broadway actor Richard Widmark was originally considered for the role of Purkett, which was ultimately played by Robert Walker.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer paid RKO $6,500 for the right to use scenes from The Lost Patrol in this movie. In his autobiography, M-G-M executive producer Dore Schary refers to this film as a remake of that one.
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Twenty-seven year old Broadway actor Richard Widmark was originally considered for the role of Purkett, which was ultimately played by Robert Walker.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer paid RKO $6,500 for the right to use scenes from The Lost Patrol in this movie. In his autobiography, M-G-M executive producer Dore Schary refers to this film as a remake of that one.
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