Bataan (1943), Bataan (1943), DVD Irene Hannon Track: 8 - Cheatin' Is

Track: 8 - Cheatin' Is

This recording takes us on a fantasy choral journey using the traditional services of Vespers and Benediction as it's guide

atmospheric sense of the original score

Author: Amanda Foote

Bataan (1943), Bataan (1943), DVD Irene Hannon Track: 8 - Cheatin' IsBataan peninsula, 1942. Sgt. Bill Dane (Robert Taylor) and his 12 men face hopeless odds as the enemy pushes toward it's inevitable conquest of the Philippines. They are cut off from reinforcements, weakened by malaria, hugely outnumbered. And, in this film, greatly remembered. Unlike many war era films, this stirring saga tempers it's heroics with the hard reality of history. Dane's mission: Hold a strategic bridge. The combat: fierce and unsparing.