---
title: 'Back to Bataan (1945)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Edward Dmytryk'
released: '1945-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/back-to-bataan-1945'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037522/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Back to Bataan (1945)

1945 · 95 min · Drama, War · United States


## Synopsis

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. The film depicts events 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Edward Dmytryk](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-dmytryk)
- **Screenplay:** [Ben Barzman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-barzman), [Æneas MacKenzie](https://cinepixo.com/people/neas-mackenzie)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roy Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-webb)
- **Producer:** [Robert Fellows](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-fellows)
- **Director of Photography:** [Nicholas Musuraca](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-musuraca)

## Cast

- [Lawrence Tierney](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-tierney)
- [Vladimir Sokoloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-sokoloff)
- [Richard Loo](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-loo)
- [Philip Ahn](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-ahn)
- [John Miljan](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-miljan)
- [John Wayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wayne)
- [Beulah Bondi](https://cinepixo.com/people/beulah-bondi)
- [Anthony Quinn](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-quinn)
- [Abner Biberman](https://cinepixo.com/people/abner-biberman)
- [Leonard Strong](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-strong)
- [Paul Fix](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-fix)

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