Back to Bataan
by Edward Dmytryk
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Actor: Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi, Fely Franquelli, John Wayne, Richard LooDirector: Edward Dmytryk
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Movie Reviews of Back to Bataan
Movie Review: a war film too close to real war
Summary: 4 Stars
A film in good black & white photography, much better than the electronic coloured version as jungle is more real and dramatic in the original version. I think this movie is little polished, as it seems WW II hadn't still finished when was made. So, we see an enormous Philippine and USA patriotism and a presentation of the Japanese as monsters, as usual by these times. Summing up, this is the story of the fight of Filipino guerrillas against the Japanese invaders, commanded by Colonel Jackson, an USA military played by John Wayne.
It seems the Japanese attempted to convince natives they all were "Asiatics" united together against "White Race", the topics of these moments, but their brutality and pretended superiority showed clearly the truth.
Curiously, Spaniards are remembered also as undesirable conquerors of the Philippines, as these islands received his name in honor to Felipe II, the emperor of Spain at times of the discovery.
But in spite all that, side by side with John Wayne, there are Anthony Quinn and many Philippine people with Spanish names, fighting together. I think is truly American the personage of the energical woman,mature school teacher.
Effectively, during Spanish domination there was much race mixture and Christianity was spread mostly by friars of St. Dominic Order. By these times many Spanish friars still remained in the Pacific area of war and were murdered by Japanese troops, as I remember to have read in old Spanish newspapers my fathers conserved.
Madrid was a nest of spies during WW II and Japan had also a consulate, but Franco didn't like nor understood Japanese. He had enough with Hitler.
Scenes of fights are the best here, John Wayne being at his best moment, very credible although logically this movie can't compare in quality with actual war movies and special effects, but still so is good and must of all sounds very real, as many actors were real soldiers.
Summary of Back to Bataan
John Wayne and Anthony Quinn star in this touching 1945 drama inspired by real-life heroism in the Philippines following General MacArthur's withdrawal in 1942 and the islands' subsequent conquest by the Japanese army. Wayne plays Colonel Joe Madden, an American who stays behind to organize a ragtag guerrilla army in the forests and hills. At his side is Captain Andres Bonifacio (Quinn), grandson of a legendary revolutionary martyred in the nation's old war against Spanish colonialists. Joe, Andres, and their fearless irregulars (with support from a schoolteacher, played by Beulah Bondi) sap the enemy's resolve through hit-and-run missions, but as time passes the locals wonder, with pronounced disillusionment, why America doesn't return with masses of troops and weapons. Wayne's star power is undeniable, and Quinn is very good as a man uncertain of his role or destiny. Edward Dmytryk (Murder, My Sweet), soon to be imprisoned during Joseph McCarthy's witch hunt of Hollywood communists, directs. --Tom KeoghAfter the fall of the Philippines to the Japanese in World War II Col. Joseph Madden (John Wayne) of the U.S. Army stays on to organize guerrilla fighters against the conquerors.Running Time: 95 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: NR UPC: 053939791228 Manufacturer No: T7912
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