Women of Valor (1986)

6.9/10 95 min War TV Movie

Overview

A group of American Army nurses are captured by the Japanese in April 1942 and spend three years in a prisoner-of-war camp in Bataan. Lt Margaret Ann Jessup, the head army nurse, survives the camp and testifies against the Japanese in front of the United States Congressional subcommittee years later as a colonel.

Cast

Susan Sarandon

Col. Margaret Ann Jessup

Kristy McNichol

T.J. Nolan

Valerie Mahaffey

Lt. Katherine R. Grace

Alberta Watson

Lt. Helen Prescott

Terry O'Quinn

Maj. Tom Patterson

Neva Patterson

Lady Judith Eason

Jay Acovone

Capt. Rader

John Philbin

Paraplegic soldier

Jeff Allin

Capt. Chris Wyatt

Gō Awazu

Sgt. Takijiro Kodama

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