Women of Valor

Nov 23, 1986

1h 35m

★ 6.7

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.

Genres

War

TV Movie

Production Companies

Jeni Productions

Inter Planetary Productions

Keller Entertainment Group

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Cast

Col. Margaret Ann Jessup

Susan Sarandon

T.J. Nolan

Kristy McNichol

Lt. Helen Prescott

Alberta Watson

Lt. Katherine R. Grace

Valerie Mahaffey

Maj. Tom Patterson

Terry O'Quinn

Lt. Gail Poison

Suzanne Lederer

Lady Judith Eason

Neva Patterson

Capt. Rader

Jay Acovone

Paraplegic soldier

John Philbin

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