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.
Robert Taylor
as Sgt. Bill Dane
George Murphy
as Lt. Steve Bentley
Thomas Mitchell
as Cpl. Jake Feingold
Lloyd Nolan
as Cpl. Barney Todd
Lee Bowman
as Capt. Henry Lassiter
Robert Walker
as Leonard Purckett
Desi Arnaz
as Felix Ramirez
Barry Nelson
as F.X. Matowski
Phillip Terry
as Matthew Hardy
Roque Espiritu
as Corp. Juan Katigbak
Kenneth Spencer
as Wesley Eeps
Alex Havier
as Yankee Salazar
