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Starring: John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi, Fely Franquelli, Richard Loo $11.49 Features:
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Editorial Review:
After 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.
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 Keogh
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
a war film too close to real war:
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...
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After the Fall of Bataan...:
"Back to Bataan" is a ripped-from-the-headlines drama produced as World War II was drawing to a close. It captures the fighting in the Philippines during the brutal Japanese occupation with all the immediacy of a bitter conflict still in progress. It is well-cast with John Wayne and a young Anthony Quinn, blessed with good direction and crisp black and white cinematography, and holds up well more than a half century on.
A prologue features the liberation of the Cabatuan POW camp in 1944 by U.S. Army...more info
dvd review: 
Excellent John Wayne movie from the 1940's. Received dvd in super condition and received quickly.
Old War:
One of John Wayne's better older war movies, great acting my John Wayne and Anthony Quinn.
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