Back to Bataan

original title:
Back to Bataan
other titles:
(Stahlgewitter), The Invisible Army
country / year of production:
USA / 1945
original length:
95 min. , black/white
premiere:
USA: 31 May 1945
genre:
Propaganda film
based on:
director:
Edward Dmytryk
film script:
Aeneas MacKenzie , Ben Barzman
producer:
Robert Fellows
cinematographer:
Nicholas Musuraca
editor:
Marston Fay
composer:
Roy Webb
cast (role):
John Wayne (Col. Joseph Madden) , Anthony Quinn (Capt. Andrés Bonifácio) , Beulah Bondi (Bertha Barnes) , Fely Franquelli (Dolici Delgado) , Richard Loo (Maj. Hasko) , John Wayne , Anthony Quinn , Beulah Bondi , Fely Franquelli , Richard Loo
more:
plot synopsis:
After the Philippines fell to the Japanese in 1942 during World War II, the American Col. Joseph Madden stays behind on the island of Bataan to organise the resistance. Moreover he rescues the grandson of beloved Philippine leader Andres Bonifacio.
keywords:
island , navy , guerilla warfare , resistance, opposition
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
James Donovan Gautier. I came back from Bataan. Greenville: Emerald House Group, 1997.
remarks:
availability:
VHS, DVD