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Yön taistelijat

Original title: War Hunt
  • 19621962
  • K-16K-16
  • 1h 23m
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6.2/10
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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.

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  • Director
    • Denis Sanders
  • Writer
    • Stanford Whitmore
  • Stars
    • John Saxon
    • Charles Aidman
    • Sydney Pollack
  • 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.

    • Connections
      Featured in Best in Action: 1962 (2018)

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    6/10
    Psychosis and Cease-Fire
    In Korea, in May 1953, the rookie G.I. Roy Loomis (Robert Redford) joins the Jaguars in the front. He befriends the soldiers and discovers that the psychotic Private Raymond Endore (John Saxon) sneaks out of the base every night to slice the throats of their enemies with his dagger. Further, the Korean orphan Charlie (Tommy Matsuda) idolizes Endore. When the governments sign the cease-fire, Endore once again leaves the base bringing the boy with him.

    The dramatic "War Hunt" is a film with a wonderful cinematography in black and white, excellent acting but the story is only reasonable. The characters are not well-developed specially the psychotic Raymond Endore that is a rich character but the motives for his death wish and his affection for Charlie are poorly explained along the screenplay. My vote is six.

    Title (Brazil): "Obsessão de Matar" ("Obsession of Killing")
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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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