Batán

Batán (1943)

Bataan

Después de la invasión de las islas Filipinas por tropas japonesas, los Estados Unidos intentan recuperarlas. Trece soldados defienden con sus vidas una posición estratégica en la península de Bataan, último baluarte de la resistencia norteamericana frente a Japón.

Fecha de estreno
1943-06-03
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (37)
Duración
1 h 54 min
Géneros
Acción, Drama, Bélica
Director
Tay Garnett

Reparto

Curiosidades

  • Premios: 1 · Nominaciones: 0. Incluyendo: National Board of Review a las 10 Películas más Destacadas

Bataan is a 1943 American black-and-white World War II drama film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced by Irving Starr, and directed by Tay Garnett, that stars Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Lloyd Nolan, Thomas Mitchell, Lee Bowman, Desi Arnaz and Robert Walker. It follows the fates of a group of men charged with destroying a bridge during the doomed defense of the Bataan Peninsula by American forces in the Philippines against the invading Japanese.

Production

The film is notable for depicting a racially diverse but integrated and cohesive fighting force (including a Black, Asian, Latino, and Irish soldier) at a time when the United States military was racially segregated. In his autobiography, Schary wrote that he was intentionally trying to break the color barrier in American war films and was specifically criticized by some studio executives for casting an African-American actor (Kenneth Spencer).

Scenes from the 1934 RKO film The Lost Patrol, directed by John Ford, were reused in this production.

The film premièred in New York City on June 3, 1943.

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