Women of Valor

Col. Jessup (Susan Sarandon), an American military nurse, presents a case for a bronze medal with Valor to a military hearing. She tells her story of being taken prisoner in the Phillipines by the Japanese during WWII. Having survived a death march from Bataan Col. Jessup is put into a POW camp run by the enemy. She and her fellow prisoners struggle for survival, working 14 hour days with limited food and no medical supplies. After almost three years the prisoners are liberated by American forces. Written by kwedgwood@hotmail.com Women of Valor is a 1986 American English-language Drama War film starring Susan Sarandon, Kristy Mcnichol, Alberta Watson, Valerie Mahaffey, Suzanne Lederer, Patrick Bishop and Berto Spoor. Jeni Productions in association with Inter Planetary Productions Corporation, Inter Planetary and Interplanetary Pictures Productions. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Buzz Kulik and Carol Davies. Women of Valor is written by Jonas Mccord and directed by Buzz Kulik. Movie originally aired on CBS in English. CBS acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Women of Valor was released on 23rd November 1986 and takes a screen time of 100 minutes. Cinematography was done by Mike Fash and editing by Les Green. The music was composed by Georges Delerue.
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