Like other combat films of the period, Back to Bataan (1945) relies heavy on sound design to help shape the auditory and visual space of the battle field. In addition, depictions of violence in combat films also were constrained by the strictures of the Production Code. As a result, certain scenes of potential graphic violence in the film are rendered off screen, in shadow, or only the aftermath is presented.
Category: Anthony Quinn
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
The arrival of the mission team to Navarone Island is marked by two notable sequences that underscore how nature itself can supply precarious environments to situate action.