Letter from Korea (1951)
"A Yank in Korea" (original title)

Director:

Lew Landers

Writers:

Leo Lieberman (story), William Sackheim

Stars:

Lon McCallister, William 'Bill' Phillips, Brett King

Cast

Cast overview:
Lon McCallister	...	Andy Smith
William 'Bill' Phillips	...	Sgt. Kirby
Brett King	...	Milo Pagano
Larry Stewart	...	Sollie Kaplan
William Tannen	...	Lt. Lewis
Tommy Farrell	...	Jinx Hamilton
Norman Wayne	...	Stan Howser
Rusty Wescoatt	...	Sgt. Hutton
William Haade	...	Cpl. Jawolski

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

place name in title | korea | country name in title | korean war

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Genres:

War | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 February 1951 (USA)

Also Known As:

Appuntamento al 38 parallelo

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

73 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in M*A*S*H: The Tooth Shall Set You Free (1982)

User Reviews

Nothing special about it.

It's just a rare war movie I am going to talk about. A Columbia Pictures product, with Sam Katzman as producer and Lew Landers as director. The "Dream Team" for this kind of film. An ordinary war movie about war in Korea, of course. The ordinary story of the ordinary American boy who wants to enlist in the Army to fight the Commies. He has a fiancée at home and goes to fight the enemy. He later meets another trooper whom he gets friend with....

The following is predictable, as you can guess. Sometimes boring, the battle sequences are just here to keep you awake, and mostly with stock shots. The last two minutes are perhaps a little poignant, and that's here you understand that this feature was no more no less than an ordinary propaganda film, to convince the American people that it was necessary to send troops in Korea. To preserve freedom.

The ordinary message we may expect in an ordinary war movie.