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'''Bataan''' is a 1943 World War II film about thirteen men chosen to blow up a bridge on the Bataan peninsula and keep the Japanese from rebuilding it. The group is whittled down through misadventure, disease, and skirmishes with the ever-advancing Japanese, until only a handful remain for a still-shattering last stand that contains some of the most gruesome hand-to-hand combat put on film during the 1940's. | '''Bataan''' is a 1943 World War II film about thirteen men chosen to blow up a bridge on the Bataan peninsula and keep the Japanese from rebuilding it. The group is whittled down through misadventure, disease, and skirmishes with the ever-advancing Japanese, until only a handful remain for a still-shattering last stand that contains some of the most gruesome hand-to-hand combat put on film during the 1940's. | ||
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Revision as of 05:53, 7 September 2016
Bataan is a 1943 World War II film about thirteen men chosen to blow up a bridge on the Bataan peninsula and keep the Japanese from rebuilding it. The group is whittled down through misadventure, disease, and skirmishes with the ever-advancing Japanese, until only a handful remain for a still-shattering last stand that contains some of the most gruesome hand-to-hand combat put on film during the 1940's.
- Actors: Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Nolan, Lee Bowman, Desi Arnaz, Robert Walker, Barry Nelson, Tom Dugan
- Director: Tay Garnett
The following weapons were used in the film Bataan:
1903 Springfield Rifle
Browning 1917 Machine Gun
Crew firing a Browning Model 1917 machine gun at aircraft
Colt 1911 Pistol
Vickers Mark I Machine Gun
Japanese soldier manning a Vickers Mark I Machine Gun
Colt 1921 Thompson
Japanese soldier holding a Colt 1921 Thompson Sub Machine Gun mocked up to look like a Japanese LMG
Gewehr 98 Rifle
Japanese soldier holding a Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifle
Colt Detective Special
Sargent Bill Dane (Robert Taylor) firing a mocked up Colt 1911 pistol that uses a Colt Detective Special mounted inside a cast aluminum housing. Notice the prop gun's power tube running down his arm.