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6.2/10   302 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Vincent B. Evans (writer)
Charles Grayson (writer)
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Release Date:
3 March 1957 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Plot:
A remorseful bomber pilot-turned-minister rejoins for the Korean War. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe. more
User Reviews:
Korean war movie! more (10 total)

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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Additional Details

Runtime:
108 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Lt Maples accidentally strafes a truckload of civilian refugees that happened to be near a convoy of North Korean troop trucks. In the real life incident, it was a fishing junk full of civilian refugees that happened to be near an amphibious assault by North Korean landing craft. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992) more

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5 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
Korean war movie!, 12 January 2001
10/10
Author: kenandraf from Honolulu, Hawaii

There has not been enough focus on the Korean war since Vietnam but I feel there is still a lot more stories to be told about that war and this movie is great example of the kind of sweeping stories that background has to offer.I highly recommend it if one wants a good slice of the atmosphere that war brought because of it's combination of attention to detail combined with entertaining aspects like great movie eye candy cinematography and a dramatic story that fullfills the movie's promise.A person who knows about movie making basics will definitely respect the efforts put into this movie because it truly shows.Delivers it's Korean war/drama genre expectations with a lot of extra treats thrown in.This extra effort has proven through time that this movie was under appreciated and is now considered to stand as one of the best war movies of all time.

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