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3 March 1957 (West Germany)
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A remorseful bomber pilot-turned-minister rejoins for the Korean War. full summary | add synopsis
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Won Golden Globe.
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BATTLE HYMN (Douglas Sirk, 1957) **1/2
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Rock Hudson | ... | Col. Dean Hess |
 | Anna Kashfi | ... | En Soon Yang |
| Dan Duryea | ... | Sgt. Herman |
| Don DeFore | ... | Capt. Dan Skidmore |
| Martha Hyer | ... | Mary Hess |
| Jock Mahoney | ... | Maj. Moore |
| Alan Hale Jr. | ... | Mess sergeant |
| James Edwards | ... | Lt. Maples |
| Carl Benton Reid | ... | Deacon Edwards |
| Richard Loo | ... | Gen. Kim |
| Philip Ahn | ... | Old Man, Lun-Wa |
| Bartlett Robinson | ... | Gen. Timberidge |
| Simon Scott | ... | Lt. Hollis |
| Teru Shimada | ... | Korean official |
| Carleton Young | ... | Maj. Harrison |
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108 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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The gold flying helmet with the United Nations emblem that Rock Hudson wears in the movie was Dean Hess's actual helmet. It was a Navy-issue helmet that Hess scrounged from a Navy pilot who crash-landed at their airfield in Korea (since the Navy pilot was going to be issued a new helmet as a result of the crash-landing). The helmet is now on display at the US Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio.
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Featured in "The Twilight Zone: Where Is Everybody? (#1.1)" (1959)
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This is hardly one of its director's more notable efforts which is perhaps why it took me this long to catch up with it in the first place; a miscast Rock Hudson is defeated by his impossible role of a real-life U.S.A.F. pilot whose accidental bombing of a Japanese orphanage during WWII drove him to take up priesthood; ironically, just as the protagonist struggles with his conflicting vocations (he considers it his duty to re-apply for service when the Korean War comes along), the film can't make up its mind whether it wants to be a biopic, a war epic or a particularly sticky Hollywood blending of religiosity and child interest! In itself, a harmless and typically glossy product of its era with the aerial sequences themselves certainly well done; sleek noir villain Dan Duryea is wasted, however, as a soldier who is particularly beloved by the Korean orphans Hudson and his men stumble upon. Ultimately, the film is perhaps most notable as being one of only four films featuring Anna Kashfi – Welsh despite her exotic name and looks – and best-known for her brief marriage (1957-59) to Marlon Brando.