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Bataan   1943         N/R, 113 min. Genre: Action / Drama Director: Tay Garnett   Cast: Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Nolan, Lee Bowman, Robert Walker, Desi Arnaz, Barry Nelson, Tom Dugan, Donald Curtis, Phillip Terry, Roque Espiritu, Kenneth Spencer, Alex Havier, Bud Geary   This is one of the great World War II films. It relates the saga of U.S. Army Sergeant Bill Dane (Robert Taylor) and his rear guard soldiers as they protect General Douglas MacArthur's army during the retreat down a peninsula on Bataan. They face certain death while delaying the advancing Japanese troops in pursuit of MacArthur but are prepared to sacrifice themselves for their country. Cast Robert Taylor Sergeant Bill Dane George Murphy Lt. Steve Bentley Thomas Mitchell Corp. Jake Feingold Lloyd Nolan Corp. Barney Todd Lee Bowman Capt. Henry Lassiter Robert Walker Leonard Purckett Desi Arnaz Felix Ramirez Barry Nelson F.X. Matowski Tom Dugan Sam Malloy Donald Curtis Lieutenant Phillip Terry Matthew Hardy Roque Espiritu Corp. Juan Katigbak Kenneth Spencer Wesley Epps Alex Havier Yankee Salazar Bud Geary Infantry Soldier