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SEE! Battle of Bataan! March of Death! Guerilla Raids! Fierce bolo fighters in action!
An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.
Back to Bataan
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John Wayne Beulah Bondi Anthony Quinn Fely Franquelli Richard Loo Philip Ahn Alex Havier 'Ducky' Louie Lawrence Tierney Leonard Strong Paul Fix Abner Biberman Vladimir Sokoloff Erville Alderson Spencer Chan W.T. Chang Robert Clarke Roger Cole Angelo Cruz Pat Davis Tony Dell Abe Dinovitch Marcello Estorres Tommy Estrella Benson Fong Harold Fong H.W. Gim Edmund Glover Erick Hanson Show All…
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Zwei schlagen zurück, Gli eroi del Pacifico, Retour aux Philippines, Stahlgewitter, La patrulla del coronel Jackson, Espirito Indomável, Vissza Bataanra, Regreso a Bataan, Возвращение на Батаан, Espírito Indomável, 백 투 바탄, 反攻班丹岛, Viidakkosissit, Povratak u Bataan, Powrót do piekła
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30 May 1945
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Accusations that John Wayne was a draft-dodger followed Duke for years after WWII ended. Although technically he was exempted due to both his age and his family status, Wayne knew that being perceived as not being willing to serve his country could hurt his status as the epitome of iconic US masculinity. Even his friend John Ford was doing his bit, and urged Wayne to do the same, but a series of interventions by Republic Pictures who weren't keen on losing their star contract player to the military, and Wayne's subsequent war efforts with the USO, saw him avoid direct involvement in the action. Well, we say that, but Wayne made 14 films between 1942 and 1945, and 5 of…
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If anyone were to suggest that most John Wayne war films were pretty much all the same, then I would find it difficult to necessarily disagree with that from what I've seen.
Much of Back to Bataan was very familiar as well, particularly if you've seen any of his WW2 films, but this was still pretty good. It's certainly elevated by some fantastic battle scenes, including one where Wayne gets blown out of a trench. And survives, of course, with barely a scratch too. It'll take more than that!
It's also surprisingly violent and brutal including one scene where a Japanese soldier gets a spear through the neck and another where a kid gets tortured for information. Mr. Hays must…
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This kind of war you've got to believe in what you're fighting for
First time watch: August 2021
Source: Great Action MoviesBack to Bataan is the 1945 war drama directed by Edward Dmytryk. Starring John Wayne and Anthony Quinn the film depicts moments after the battle of Bataan with soldiers in the Philippines.
When it comes to John Wayne war films versus John Wayne westerns theres no contest although it is great to see The Duke at more obscure locations with the war films. Saying Back to Bataan is forgettable is an understatement, even thinking back now the most I can remember is that Wayne surprised me with a bit of a beard at one point. A lean runtime and strong chemistry between the headline stars couldn't elevate the small scale underwhelming story. It had some good production values but the overall storytelling wasn't good enough.
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John Wayne organizes the WWII Filipino resistance and even teach local hero Andres Bonifacio a few lessons about sacrifice and patriotism. Pretty lean, but rather muddled propaganda. As far as behind the lines WWII Dymytryk films go, can’t compare with Hitler’s Children. Anthony Quinn is around as Bonifacio starting his long career of playing whatever Hollywood needs him to be.
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I don't usually enjoy John Wayne war movies because he tends to seem very miscast -- often he's too old or too cocky -- but I know he was cast for basically being the face of America. This one he actually gave a bit more of a subdued performance and it felt like he really had his heart in it. Anthony Quinn is the real highlight of this though -- fantastic job. I know it's based on actual events but my knowledge of those events is limited so I can't say how highly fictionalized it was. There's definitely moments that feel like pure war propaganda and as such are a bit jarring and very distracting from what could have been a solid war movie.
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John Wayne organizing the filipino resistance against the Japanese in Bataan, Philippines. As the war was changing in favor of America as production was on-going, they had to do changes to the story, which probable made for a much more hopeful movie than the more doomsday feeling of the original Bataan (1943). Not as impactful, but it was positive to experience the revenge.
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Has all the flaws you would expect from a film of this type and time but it was much better then I was expecting it to be going in!
This is a better then average world war 2 film from the 1940s starring John Wayne that features some great action set pieces and flashes of shocking acts of violence for a film of its time!
I also really enjoyed the filipino kid character's performance played by child actor ‘Ducky’ Louie who according to IMDB is still alive and must be in his 90s at least now!
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Not a great war movie, but what makes it work is the chemistry between John Wayne and Anthony Quinn. It's about the only time you see Wayne treat a male costar as an equal.
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La tercera película con traducción del título creativa fue ésta. "La patrulla del Coronel Jackson" se llamó en España.
Lo que tiene mucha guasa porque el personaje de John Wayne es el Coronel Madden. Sale un Capitán Jackson al final un segundo pero en la versión doblada lo llamaron Lawrence para liarlo más. ¿Quién puñetas era Jackson, entonces? El doblaje era moderno. Igual en el estreno original llamaron a Wayne Jackson, no sé. No tiene mucho sentido.
Como película es muy flojita. Propaganda muy torpe y tan sutil como una operación de apendicitis sin anestesia y con un cuchillo de esparcir mantequilla...
Lo que más me gustó fue Anthony Quinn, que aunque de filipino no pega nada, de héroe de acción metralleta en mano está muy divertido. -
The Filipinos didn’t go through colonization twice for this to be the movie about it
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Not nearly as good as BATAAN, but surprisingly still entertaining.
This one is quite different though, not nearly as brutal. It is also more propagandistic, and pro-American imperialism. There's a scene in a classroom where the teacher asks what did the Spanish give the Filipino people and they respond, "Christianity." "And what did the Americans give us?" Several of the kids reply with different answers, like bubble gum, hot dogs, baseball, etc.
Wayne said he regretted making it since Dmytryk had recently become a member of the Communist Party. Dmytryk's direction keeps this one from being more than just a programmer.
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