Movie

Bataan

“THE STORY OF A PATROL OF 13 HEROES”

★ 6.5(36)19431h 54m

Bataan is available to rent or buy on Apple TV Store and Amazon Video in Australia. It isn't on a subscription streaming service there yet. Availability checked 10 June 2026.

Where to watch Bataan

🇦🇺 Australia

Good to know

Director: Tay Garnett
Release date: 1943-06-03
Runtime: 1h 54m
Language: English
Status: Released
Country: United States of America
Studio: Loew's Incorporated

Bataan — trailer

About Bataan

Bataan is a 1943 movie in the Action, Drama and War genres, directed by Tay Garnett, starring Robert Taylor, George Murphy and Thomas Mitchell. It has a runtime of 1 hour 54 minutes. It holds an average rating of 6.5/10 from 36 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Bataan in Australia — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

During Japan's invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Capt. Henry Lassiter, Sgt. Bill Dane and a diverse group of American soldiers are ordered to destroy and hold a strategic bridge in order to delay the Japanese forces and allow Gen. MacArthur time to secure Bataan. When the Japanese soldiers begin to rebuild the bridge and advance, the group struggles with not only hunger, sickness and gunfire, but also the knowledge that there is likely no relief on the way.

Cast

Robert Taylor

Sgt. Bill Dane

George Murphy

Lt. Steve Bentley

Thomas Mitchell

Cpl. Jake Feingold

Lloyd Nolan

Cpl. Barney Todd

Lee Bowman

Capt. Henry Lassiter

Robert Walker

Leonard Purckett

Desi Arnaz

Felix Ramirez

Barry Nelson

F.X. Matowski

Phillip Terry

Matthew Hardy

Roque Espiritu

Corp. Juan Katigbak

Kenneth Spencer

Wesley Eeps

Alex Havier

Yankee Salazar

Themes & keywords

world war iius armyphilippinessuicide missionbayonetmachine gunphilippine armypacific theaterone by onejapanese armybataanbattlefield traumabridge blowuphistorical battlesnipers