| Womem of Valor | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Directed by | Buzz Kulik |
| Produced by | Buzz Kulik |
| Written by | Jonas McCord |
| Starring | Susan Sarandon Kristy McNichol |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
| Editing by | Les Green |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Release date | November 23, 1986 |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
Women of Valor is a 1986 CBS-TV movie about World War II, directed by Buzz Kulik. It premièred on November 23, 1986 and was released on DVD on March 10, 1998.[1]
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A group of American Army nurses are captured by Japanese people in April 1942. They are put in a prisoner-of-war camp in Bataan, where they spend three years of their lives. The story focuses on Lt. Margaret Ann "Maggie" Jessup, the head army nurse who survived the camp and testifies against the Japanese in front of the United States Congressional subcommittee years later as a colonel.
The film was generally negatively received. One of the main critics was that the film wasn't realistic. The cast was also criticized for retaining their looks, while trying to survive in poor conditions. The New York Times also stated the film should have given more attention to the persons rather than the situations.[2]
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