Movie
Back to Bataan
Overview
An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.
Details
- Release date
- 1945-05-30
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Wayne as Colonel Joseph Madden
- Beulah Bondi as Bertha Barnes
- Anthony Quinn as Captain Andres Bonifacio
- Fely Franquelli as Dalisay Delgado
- Richard Loo as Maj. Hasko
- Philip Ahn as Col. Coroki
- Alex Havier as Sgt. Bernessa
- 'Ducky' Louie as Maximo Cuenca
- Lawrence Tierney as Lt. Cmdr. Waite
- Leonard Strong as Gen. Homma
- Paul Fix as Bindle Jackson
- Abner Biberman as Japanese Captain
Crew
- Edward Dmytryk - Director
- Richard H. Landau - Screenplay
- Ben Barzman - Screenplay
- Æneas MacKenzie - Story
- William Gordon - Story
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