IF YOU’RE OF A CERTAIN AGE, you’ve probably turned on the television late at night and stumbled upon , a 1943 film about a squad of American soldiers caught up in the doomed defense of the Philippines. It’s unlikely you gave the film much thought. If you did, you might have told yourself, “This isn’t ” (1949), or possibly “This isn’t ” (1998). Or, for that matter, (1980), (1986), or (2014). But all these movies share something in common: they are examples an otherwise forgettable movie made entirely on a Hollywood backlot.
