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[[Image:BataanPoster.jpg|right|300px]] | [[Image:BataanPoster.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''Bataan'' (1943)]] | ||
'''Bataan''' is a 1943 World War II film about thirteen men chosen to blow up a bridge on the Bataan peninsula and keep the Japanese from rebuilding it. The group is whittled down through misadventure, disease, and skirmishes with the ever-advancing Japanese, until only a handful remain for a still-shattering last stand that contains some of the most gruesome hand-to-hand combat put on film during the 1940's. | '''''Bataan''''' is a 1943 World War II film about thirteen men chosen to blow up a bridge on the Bataan peninsula and keep the Japanese from rebuilding it. The group is whittled down through misadventure, disease, and skirmishes with the ever-advancing Japanese, until only a handful remain for a still-shattering last stand that contains some of the most gruesome hand-to-hand combat put on film during the 1940's. | ||
* Actors: [[Robert Taylor]], [[George Murphy]], [[Thomas Mitchell]], [[Lloyd Nolan]], [[Lee Bowman]], [[Desi Arnaz]], [[Robert Walker]], [[Barry Nelson]], [[Tom Dugan]] | * Actors: [[Robert Taylor]], [[George Murphy]], [[Thomas Mitchell]], [[Lloyd Nolan]], [[Lee Bowman]], [[Desi Arnaz]], [[Robert Walker]], [[Barry Nelson]], [[Tom Dugan]] | ||
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==Colt Detective Special== | ==Colt Detective Special== | ||
Sergeant Bill Dane ([[Robert Taylor]]) firing a mocked up Colt 1911 pistol that uses a [[Colt Detective Special]] mounted inside a cast aluminum housing. | |||
[[Image:Colt Detective Special.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt Detective Special - .38 Special]] | [[Image:Colt Detective Special.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt Detective Special - .38 Special]] | ||
[[Image:Bataan13.jpg|thumb|none|400px| | [[Image:Bataan13.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Sergeant Bill Dane ([[Robert Taylor]]) firing a mocked up Colt 1911 pistol that uses a [[Colt Detective Special]] mounted inside a cast aluminum housing. Notice the prop gun's power tube running down his arm.]] | ||
[[Category:Movie]] | [[Category:Movie]] | ||
[[Category:War]] | [[Category:War]] | ||
[[Category:B&W]] | [[Category:B&W]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:01, 4 April 2018
Bataan is a 1943 World War II film about thirteen men chosen to blow up a bridge on the Bataan peninsula and keep the Japanese from rebuilding it. The group is whittled down through misadventure, disease, and skirmishes with the ever-advancing Japanese, until only a handful remain for a still-shattering last stand that contains some of the most gruesome hand-to-hand combat put on film during the 1940's.
- Actors: Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Nolan, Lee Bowman, Desi Arnaz, Robert Walker, Barry Nelson, Tom Dugan
- Director: Tay Garnett
The following weapons were used in the film Bataan:
1903 Springfield Rifle
Browning 1917 Machine Gun
Colt 1911 Pistol
Vickers Mark I Machine Gun
Colt 1921 Thompson
Gewehr 98 Rifle
Colt Detective Special
Sergeant Bill Dane (Robert Taylor) firing a mocked up Colt 1911 pistol that uses a Colt Detective Special mounted inside a cast aluminum housing.
