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
Tom Dugan
Sam Malloy
Mary McLeod
Elsie McAlister
Donald Curtis
Lieutenant
Phil Schumacher
Machine Gunner
Bud Geary
Infantry Soldier
Ernie Alexander
Wounded Soldier
Luke Chan
Japanese Soldier
Wing Foo
Japanese Soldier
Beal Wong
Japanese Soldier
Bruce Wong
Japanese Soldier
Tom Yuen
Filipino
Leigh Sterling
Man
Crew
Tay Garnett
Director
Dudley Nichols
Writer
Garrett Fort
Writer
Robert Hardy Andrews
Screenplay
George White
Editor
Sidney Wagner
Director of Photography
Dore Schary
Executive Producer
Irving Starr
Producer
Harry Downard
Camera Operator
George Bourne
Camera Operator
Jack Dawn
Makeup Artist
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
Max Fabian
Visual Effects
Bronislau Kaper
Original Music Composer
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Additional Music
Eric Zeisl
Additional Music
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Music
Frank Wesselhoff
Painter
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Glen Barner
Set Decoration
L.S. Chappelear
Technical Advisor
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Arch Smith
Unit Manager
Nat W. Finston
Conductor
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Leonid Raab
Orchestrator
