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Yön taistelijat

Original title: War Hunt
  • 19621962
  • K-16K-16
  • 1h 23m
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Yön taistelijat (1962)
Dispatched to the front lines during the Korean War, an idealistic American soldier discovers the horrors of combat and comes at odds with a psychopathic member of his platoon.
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Dispatched to the front lines during the Korean War, an idealistic American soldier discovers the horrors of combat and comes at odds with a psychopathic member of his platoon.Dispatched to the front lines during the Korean War, an idealistic American soldier discovers the horrors of combat and comes at odds with a psychopathic member of his platoon.Dispatched to the front lines during the Korean War, an idealistic American soldier discovers the horrors of combat and comes at odds with a psychopathic member of his platoon.

IMDb RATING
6.2/10
1K
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POPULARITY
27,212
3,898
  • Director
    • Denis Sanders
  • Writer
    • Stanford Whitmore
  • Stars
    • John Saxon
    • Charles Aidman
    • Sydney Pollack
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  • Director
    • Denis Sanders
  • Writer
    • Stanford Whitmore
  • Stars
    • John Saxon
    • Charles Aidman
    • Sydney Pollack
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    • 29User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Yön taistelijat (1962)
    Robert Redford in Yön taistelijat (1962)
    Robert Redford in Yön taistelijat (1962)
    Tommy Matsuda and John Saxon in Yön taistelijat (1962)
    John Saxon in Yön taistelijat (1962)
    Robert Redford and John Saxon in Yön taistelijat (1962)
    Tommy Matsuda and John Saxon in Yön taistelijat (1962)
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    John Saxon
    John Saxon
    • Pvt. Raymond Endore
    Charles Aidman
    Charles Aidman
    • Capt. Wallace Pratt
    Sydney Pollack
    Sydney Pollack
    • Sgt. Owen Van Horn
    Tommy Matsuda
    • Charlie
    Gavin MacLeod
    Gavin MacLeod
    • Pvt. Crotty
    Anthony Ray
    Anthony Ray
    • Pvt. Joshua Fresno
    Tom Skerritt
    Tom Skerritt
    • Sgt. Stan Showalter
    William Challee
    William Challee
    • Lt. Colonel
    Nancy Hsueh
    Nancy Hsueh
    • Mama San
    Robert Redford
    Robert Redford
    • Pvt. Roy Loomis
    Francis Ford Coppola
    Francis Ford Coppola
    • Army Truck Driver
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Denis Sanders
    • Writer
      • Stanford Whitmore
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    • Trivia
      Features the film debuts of Robert Redford (first credited feature film role), Tom Skerritt (first overall film role), and Sydney Pollack (first feature film role).
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      Pvt. Roy Loomis: Once you get out of training, you're funneled into what's called the pipeline, and you become a number while you're traveling in it, until you get spewed out somewhere at the other end. After you land, you look for signs of war. A bullet scar in a wall, a bombed out building. You don't have to look very hard. You see a lot of poverty, kids starving. When you get out of the trucks after the ship and the train, you know the pipeline is carrying you further toward the front. You're going to be a combat infantryman, the tip of the spear. You don't know what it will be like or what will happen. You wonder whether you're going to get killed.

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      Featured in Best in Action: 1962 (2018)

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    7/10
    Behind Enemy Lines … And loving it!
    This ultra low-budgeted and virtually unknown war/drama movie is probably the most interesting from an "acting" point-of-view. "War Hunt" remarkably – but I suppose coincidentally as well – features the big screen debuts of no less than three names that are nowadays considered hugely famous and acclaimed. Director Sydney Pollack (who sadly passed away earlier this year) and charismatic star Tom Skerritt both appear in small yet memorable roles, while Robert Redford (later star of classics such as "The Sting" and "All The President's Men") debuts in the fairly complex leading role of idealistic soldier in the center of a senseless Korean war zone. And yet, in spite of the more appealing great names, it's unquestionably the still underrated veteran actor John Saxon who steals the show. Even more so, Saxon owns the film and he's genuinely petrifying as the introvert soldier who appears to use the Korean War to give rein to his murderous and psychotic tendencies. When the young and inexperienced private Loomis arrives at the front during the last stage of the Korean War, his fellow soldiers immediately warn him to stay out of the way of Private Endore and his protégé Charlie; a local orphan kid. Endore is a brilliant soldier and of immeasurably value to the American army, but that is mainly because he single-handedly decreases the number of Korean soldiers by deliberately sneaking behind enemy lines at night. Private Loomis protests against this, especially because he wants to protect the young Charlie from his dangerous colleague. The rudimentary plot of "War Hunt" is actually pretty genius, since it's the first and only film – at least, as far as I know – that openly suggests signing up for the army is the ideal method for psychopathic killers to get away with their incontrollable urges and even get honored for them! Private Endore is anti-social, impolite and without manners but his superiors never cease to cover from him because he's such a powerful weapon against the enemy. The atmosphere of "War Hunt" is aptly depressing and dark, with some really brilliant musical choices and bleak photography. Presumably due to the absence of financial means, there's a severe shortage of action scenes and hence you'll have to struggle yourself through a handful of seemingly dull and redundant moments. Still, if it's not necessarily boisterous gunfire and violent battles in the trenches you're searching for, I would definitely recommend "War Hunt", if it were only for John Saxon's stupendous performance. His menacingly painted faced, the desolate star in his eyes and his completely unpredictable and impulsive personality make this one of the greatest performances I've ever seen in a low-keyed war epic.
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    • Coventry
    • Aug 12, 2008

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    • Release date
      • September 21, 1962 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Nattens kämpare
    • Filming locations
      • Topanga Canyon, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • T-D Enterprises
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    • Budget
      • $300,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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