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S.L.A. Marshall (book)
James R. Webb (screenplay)
Release Date:
25 July 1959 (Japan) 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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one of the best and one of the few about Korean War more (24 total)
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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97 min
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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UK:PG | USA:Approved (PCA #19212) | West Germany:16 (f) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16
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Martin Landau's first movie role. more
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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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Referenced in Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (1990) more
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Pork Chop Hill is to films about the Korean War (when more than 50,000 men die, it is a war, not a "conflict") what Go Tell the Spartans is to the Viet Nam War. Neither of them are artificially dramatic, both are understated, both tell the story pretty much as it was, or, at least, as close as Hollywood gets. This entire movie represents the Korean War very well including the posturing at the peace talks. Some people are now calling Korea "the forgotten war." This is regrettably true. More people should see Pork Chop Hill.