Back to Bataan

Back to Bataan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEdward Dmytryk
Screenplay byBen Barzman
Richard H. Landau
Story byAeneas MacKenzie
William Gordon
Produced byRobert Fellows (exec.)
StarringJohn Wayne
Anthony Quinn
CinematographyNicholas Musuraca
Edited byMarston Fay
Music byRoy Webb
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures (US)
Release dates
  • May 31, 1945 (1945-05-31) (United States)
  • June 25, 1945 (1945-06-25) (Boston-Premiere)
  • June 25, 1945 (1945-06-25) (Honolulu-Premiere)
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Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2,490,000[2]

Back to Bataan is a 1945 American black-and-white World War II war film drama from RKO Radio Pictures, produced by Robert Fellows, directed by Edward Dmytryk, that stars John Wayne and Anthony Quinn.[3] The film depicts events (some fictionalized and some actual) that took place after the Battle of Bataan (1941–42) on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The working title of the film was The Invisible Army.[4]

  1. ^ "Back to Bataan: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  2. ^ Richard Jewell and Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p. 204
  3. ^ Crowther, Bosley (2007). "Back to Bataan". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 18, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  4. ^ "Back to Bataan (1945): Notes". Turner Classic Movies.