Back to Bataan

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John Wayne, in military uniform, stands holding a machete and addresses a group of men dressed as soldiers and civilians in a jungle setting from the film Back to Bataan.

Back to Bataan

film by Dmytryk [1945]

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Edward Dmytryk
Golden era
Dmytryk then helmed Back to Bataan (1945), which featured John Wayne as a U.S. Army colonel leading Filipino guerrillas during World War II, and Till the End of Time (1946), a well-acted drama starring Robert Mitchum, Guy Madison, and Bill Williams as war veterans who have trouble readjusting…
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Dmytryk then helmed Back to Bataan (1945), which featured John Wayne as a U.S. Army colonel leading Filipino guerrillas during World War II, and Till the End of Time (1946), a well-acted drama starring Robert Mitchum, Guy Madison, and Bill Williams as war veterans who have trouble readjusting…
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Anthony Quinn
(1943), Guadalcanal Diary (1943), and Back to Bataan (1945). His first lead role came in 1947 in Black Gold. That year Quinn went to New York City and made his Broadway debut in The Gentleman from Athens. He followed that with touring as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire,…
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(1943), Guadalcanal Diary (1943), and Back to Bataan (1945). His first lead role came in 1947 in Black Gold. That year Quinn went to New York City and made his Broadway debut in The Gentleman from Athens. He followed that with touring as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire,…
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John Wayne
…They Were Expendable (1945), and Back to Bataan (1945), all of which featured Wayne as quintessentially American fighting men who overcome great odds. He also appeared during this period in melodramas such as The Spoilers (1942) and Flame of Barbary Coast (1945). By the end of the war, Wayne was…
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…They Were Expendable (1945), and Back to Bataan (1945), all of which featured Wayne as quintessentially American fighting men who overcome great odds. He also appeared during this period in melodramas such as The Spoilers (1942) and Flame of Barbary Coast (1945). By the end of the war, Wayne was…
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