Pork Chop Hill

1959
PG
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

5.4K

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During the Korean War peace talks, U.S. troops fight to retake a hill from the Communist Chinese forces.

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During the Korean War peace talks in Panmunjom, U.S. troops fight and die trying to retake a worthless hill from the Communist Chinese forces.During the Korean War peace talks in Panmunjom, U.S. troops fight and die trying to retake a worthless hill from the Communist Chinese forces.During the Korean War peace talks in Panmunjom, U.S. troops fight and die trying to retake a worthless hill from the Communist Chinese forces.

Director
- Lewis Milestone
Writers
- S.L.A. Marshall
- James R. Webb
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

5.4K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Lewis Milestone
Writers
- S.L.A. Marshall
- James R. Webb
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trailer 2:46

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Trivia
Gregory Peck personally chose Lewis Milestone to direct because Milestone's All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) had made a deep impression on him.

Goofs
All of the American officers are wearing their bright rank insignia and Infantry branch insignia. In reality, officers rarely wore these items in the front lines because they identified them as leaders who then became prime targets for enemy snipers.

Quotes
Lt. Joe Clemons: [to his commanders via radio] I have about 25 men, they are completely spent. I expect a heavy attack at dark, that'll be about a half an hour from now, unless we can be reinforced, I recommend we withdraw. Over.

Crazy credits
Following the opening credits and opening scenes: A RESERVE POSITION NEAR PORK CHOP HILL--70 MILES FROM THE PEACE CONFERENCE AT PUNMUNJOM-KOREA-1953

Connections
Edited into The Our Gang Story (1994)

Soundtracks
Autumn in New York
Composed by Vernon Duke
Played over loudspeakers by Chinese broadcaster

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one of the best and one of the few about Korean War

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.