Pork Chop Hill

Pork Chop Hill

98 mins | Drama, War, History | May 29, 1959

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.

Pork Chop Hill

98 mins | Drama, War, History | May 29, 1959

Pork Chop Hill
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Melville Productions
Original title Pork Chop Hill
Directors Ray Gosnell Jr., John Franco, John D. Bloss, Nate Watt, Lewis Milestone
Writers S. L. A. Marshall, James R. Webb

Cast

Gregory Peck

as Lt. Joe Clemons

Harry Guardino

as PFC. Forstman

Rip Torn

as Lt. Walter Russell

George Peppard

as Cpl. Chuck Fedderson

Carl Benton Reid

as American Admiral

James Edwards

as Cpl. Jurgens

Bob Steele

as Col. Kern

Woody Strode

as Pvt. Franklen

George Shibata

as Lt. Suki Ohashi

Norman Fell

as S/Sgt. Coleman

Lew Gallo

as DPR Lieutenant

Robert Blake

as Pvt. Velie

Cliff Ketchum

as Cpl. Payne

Biff Elliot

as Pvt. Boven

Charles Aidman

as Lt. Harold

Barry Atwater

as Lt. Col. Davis

Viraj Amonsin

as Chinese Broadcaster

Michael Garth

as S-2 Officer

Leonard Graves

as Lt. Cook

Martin Landau

as Lt. Marshall

Ken Lynch

as Major General Trudeau

Paul Comi

as Sgt. Kreucheberg

Abel Fernandez

as Kindley

Syl Lamont

as Sgt. Kuzmick

Kevin Hagen

as Cpl. Kissell

Chuck Hayward

as Chalmers

John Alderman

as Lt. Waldorf

Gavin MacLeod

as Pvt. Saxon

John McKee

as Cpl. Olds

Bert Remsen

as Lt. Cummings

Robert B. Williams

as Runner Soldier

Buzz Martin

as Whitey

William Wellman Jr.

as 'Iron Man'

Harry Dean Stanton

as BAR Soldier (uncredited)