Pork Chop Hill
Bold! Blunt! Blistering! The battle picture without equal!
DramaHistoryWarbased on novel or bookkorean war (1950-53)based on true storysuicide missionblack and whitegi joe1950s
A stark, historically grounded war drama about soldiers ordered into a brutal, seemingly pointless battle as peace negotiations loom nearby.
Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.
Essence
Ensemble
Gregory Peck
Lt. Joe Clemons
Harry Guardino
PFC. Forstman
Rip Torn
Lt. Walter Russell
George Peppard
Cpl. Chuck Fedderson
Carl Benton Reid
American Admiral
James Edwards
Cpl. Jurgens
Bob Steele
Col. Kern
Woody Strode
Pvt. Franklen
George Shibata
Lt. Suki Ohashi
Norman Fell
S/Sgt. Coleman
Lew Gallo
DPR Lieutenant
Robert Blake
Pvt. Velie
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