Bataan (1943)

Japan has just invaded the Philippines, and the US Army attempts a desperate defense. Thirteen men are chosen to blow up a bridge on the Bataan peninsula and prevent the Japanese from rebuilding it. Cast: - Cavalry Captain Henry Lassiter (Lee Bowman) - Sergeant Bill Dane (Robert Taylor), from the regular 31st Infantry - Corporal Barney Todd (Lloyd Nolan), who claims to be a signalman. Dane suspects him of being Danny Burns, a soldier accused of murder who escaped before the war while under Dane's guard as a military policeman. - Corporal Jake Feingold (Thomas Mitchell), of the Chemical Corps - Private Felix Ramirez (Desi Arnaz), a Mexican American California National Guardsman - Private Wesley Epps (Kenneth Lee Spencer), a black demolitions expert - Private Matthew Hardy (Phillip Terry), a conscientious objector in the Medical Corps - Private Francis X. Matowski (Barry Nelson), an engineer - Private "Yankee" Salazar (Alex Havier), a Philippine Scout - Private Sam Molloy (Tom Dugan), a cook Runtime: 114 minutes