Men in War (1957) on Netflix
Lieutenant Benson's platoon is cut off in Korea. Sergeant Montana arrives in a jeep with a colonel who cannot speak, and the two men must lead the survivors toward Hill 465.
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Plot summary
On 6 September 1950, a platoon of the 24th Infantry Division is cut off in Korea and has lost radio contact. Lieutenant Benson has vague orders to reach a hill and join American forces. Unseen North Korean infiltrators kill the Americans and take their weapons. The patrol stops a jeep with Staff Sergeant Montana and a colonel from the First Cavalry Division who cannot speak. Montana decided after the Nakdong River that he and the colonel had had enough of the war. Benson takes the jeep. Benson and Montana dislike each other but must lead the survivors to Hill 465.
Cast
- Walter Kelleyas Pvt. Ackerman
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Men in War (1957)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Some sources claim the film's credited screenwriter, Philip Yordan, was actually a front for the blacklisted writer Ben Maddow.
- The Pentagon refused to cooperate with the producer and condemned the film for depicting a US Army unit as undisciplined.
- Unable to get tanks or military extras from the Pentagon, director Anthony Mann and composer Bernstein concentrated on the landscape of Bronson Canyon, and enemy soldiers are rarely seen.
