Women Of Valor

PLOT

A group of American Army nurses are captured by the Japanese in April 1942. They are marched along with American soldiers as part of the Bataan Death March. They are put in a prisoner-of-war camp in Bataan, where they spend nearly three years.

The story focuses on Lt. Margaret Ann "Maggie" Jessup, the head army nurse who survived the camp and testified against the Japanese. She lobbied for awards of valor to be given to the women prisoners, in front of the United States Congressional subcommittee years later as a colonel.

CAST

Susan Sarandon as 1LT/COL Margaret Ann Jessup

Kristy McNichol as T.J. Nolan

Alberta Watson as 2LT Helen Prescott

Valerie Mahaffey as 2LT Katherine R. Grace

Suzanne Lederer as 2LT Gail Polson

Patrick Bishop as Captain Matome Nakayama

Terry O'Quinn as MAJ Tom Patterson

Neva Patterson as Lady Judith Eason

Jay Acovone as CPT Rader

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

A made for T.V movie