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Director:
Lewis Milestone
Writers:
S.L.A. Marshall (book)
James R. Webb (screenplay)
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Release Date:
25 July 1959 (Japan) more
Genre:
War | Drama | Action more
Tagline:
Bold! Blunt! Blistering! The battle picture without equal!
Plot:
American GI's must retake a barren hill in Korea that has been overrun by Red Chinese troops. The ensuing... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Gregory Peck ... Lt. Joe Clemons
Harry Guardino ... Pvt. Forstman

Rip Torn ... Lt. Walter Russel

George Peppard ... Cpl. Chuck Fedderson
Carl Benton Reid ... American Admiral at Peace Conference
James Edwards ... Cpl. Jurgens
Bob Steele ... Col. Kern
Woody Strode ... Pvt. Franklin
George Shibata ... Lt. Suki Ohashi
Norman Fell ... Sgt. Coleman
Lew Gallo ... Lieutenant, Division Public Relations

Robert Blake ... Pvt. Velie

Cliff Ketchum ... Cpl. Payne (radio operator)
Biff Elliot ... Pvt. Boven
Charles Aidman ... Lt. Harrold
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
UK:PG | USA:Approved (PCA #19212) | West Germany:16 (f) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16
Company:
Melville Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The French premiere was received with criticism on grounds of racism, as the character played by Woody Strode was shown to be a coward during the initial attack on the Chinese position. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Real American hand grenades had a narrow yellow band painted around the tapered upper section to quickly identify them as live fragmentation grenades. However, the grenades in the movie have no such bands, indicating that they are either inert training grenades or movie props. more
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Featured in Clean Slate (1994) more

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15 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
They don't make them like this anymore..., 19 July 2004
Author: jlpicard1701E from Lugano, Switzerland

War movie? Anti-war movie? For you to judge on this one.

Fact is that this is a crude depiction of what happened a bit everywhere in the Korean war.

Gregory Peck, a gentleman of an actor, delivers a very strong performance as an officer tasked to take that darn hill. His conflict goes both ways.

He has to order his men to "get out there and take the Hill at all costs" and at the same time he has to keep their spirits together before they totally crack-up.

In fact, you actually can feel the bombs and the mortars shelling you throughout the movie. Imagine how you would feel if you had actually been there...

This is probably a good companion to "M*A*S*H" (the Movie and/or the TV series). It's just on the other side of those Hills. It's these boys who were delivered on Hawkeye's operation table.

Never forget that!

It's honest, well played and has much less war-glorifying aspects than one would imagine or expect.

The DVD edition is a bit better than its VHS counterpart and is in the correct 1.85:1 aspect ratio.

Now, if some producer is still able to make a 90 minute movie with a similar gripping story nowadays, then you may call me Santa Claus!

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