Director: LEW LANDERS. Screenplay: William Sackheim. Story: Leo Lieberman. Photography: William Whitley. Film editor: Edwin Bryant. Art director: Paul Palmentola. Set decorator: Sidney Clifford. Music director: Ross DiMaggio. Unit manager: Herbert B. Leonard. Assistant director: Leonard Katzman. Sound recording: Josh Westmoreland. Producer: Sam Katzman.
Copyright 1 February 1951 by Columbia Pictures Corp. New York opening at the Globe: 1 April 1951. U.S. release: February 1951. U.K. release: 14 April 1951. Never released in Australia. 73 minutes.
U.K. release title: Letter from Korea.
COMMENT: Although dedicated to the late Pfc. John J. McCormick, whose letter from Korea allegedly inspired this movie, A Yank in Korea does not actually deal with John McCormick at all.
Instead, the oldest war story in the hills gets yet another outing here. Yes, it's that tried-and-true chestnut about the gangling recruit/tough sergeant/new lieutenant, hated by everyone in the unit, who redeems himself by some act of heroism right at the end.
Lumbered with a script, a cast and a budget that would have defeated even a John Huston, Lew Landers can do nothing with this material. I suspect he didn't even try.
Copyright 1 February 1951 by Columbia Pictures Corp. New York opening at the Globe: 1 April 1951. U.S. release: February 1951. U.K. release: 14 April 1951. Never released in Australia. 73 minutes.
U.K. release title: Letter from Korea.
COMMENT: Although dedicated to the late Pfc. John J. McCormick, whose letter from Korea allegedly inspired this movie, A Yank in Korea does not actually deal with John McCormick at all.
Instead, the oldest war story in the hills gets yet another outing here. Yes, it's that tried-and-true chestnut about the gangling recruit/tough sergeant/new lieutenant, hated by everyone in the unit, who redeems himself by some act of heroism right at the end.
Lumbered with a script, a cast and a budget that would have defeated even a John Huston, Lew Landers can do nothing with this material. I suspect he didn't even try.