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From TMDb members · 1 total- John Chard7/10
I send out 100 men, they find nothing. I send out ten men, they don't come back. Is it churlish to complain about overt flag waving in war movies? Or to decry propaganda prose in the same? Back to Bataan is guilty as charged, yet such is the composition of Edward Dmytryk's fil…
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Back to Bataan
“SEE! Battle of Bataan! March of Death! Guerilla Raids! Fierce bolo fighters in action!”
61%
Movie
1h 35m
AI Analysis
Back to Bataan (1945) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Back to Bataan (1945) — a movie tagged as War and Drama with epic moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines. Our models also surface themes such as ai and war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~95 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Back to Bataan 61% (67 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1945-05-30
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- TMDB rating
- 6.1
- TMDB ID
- 19096
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An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.
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The official runtime for Back to Bataan is approximately 95 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Cast
John Wayne
Colonel Joseph Madden
Beulah Bondi
Bertha Barnes
Anthony Quinn
Captain Andres Bonifacio
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
Vladimir Sokoloff
Señor Buenaventura J. Bello
Erville Alderson
Teacher (uncredited)
- S
Spencer Chan
Japanese Man (uncredited)
- W
W.T. Chang
Leader (uncredited)
Robert Clarke
Soldier (uncredited)
- R
Roger Cole
Wainwright's Aide (uncredited)
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I send out 100 men, they find nothing. I send out ten men, they don't come back. Is it churlish to complain about overt flag waving in war movies? Or to decry propaganda prose in the same? Back to Bataan is guilty as charged, yet such is the composition of Edward Dmytryk's film, and its focus on a part of the war we rarely have seen on film, it matters not. We are in 1942, and after the fall of the Philippines to the Japanese, U.S. Army Col. Joseph Madden (John Wayne) stays behind to lead the local guerrilla resistance against the Japanese army. With that synopsis it isn't hard to figure out what sort of pic we are going to get, yet to purely consider this as a macho beefcake movie is a little unfair. Sure it's bookended by blistering action, as Duke Wayne (very restrained turn actually) and Anthony Quinn cut a swathe through the RKO sound stages, but there's lots of intelligent human interactions here to mark it as being in the least knowing of the campaign. It often grasps for the sentimental branch, while the racist barbs and portrayal of the Japanese does sting at times. But this is exciting and thoughtful stuff, boosted no end by Dmytryk's sturdy direction and Nicholas Musuraca's monochrome photography (a film noir lovers dream pairing!). Better than routine war movie. 7/10
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