The Rack (1956) on Netflix
Captain Edward W. Hall Jr. spent two years as a prisoner of war in North Korea. Back in San Francisco, he faces a court-martial for aiding the enemy.
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Plot summary
Retired colonel Edward W. Hall Sr. is glad to have his son back at a San Francisco Army post after two years held in a North Korean prison camp. He still grieves for his other son, Pete, and Pete's widow, Aggie Hall, finds it painful to be near her brother-in-law. At a welcome-home party, Colonel Dudley Smith learns that Hall's father does not know a court-martial awaits his son on a charge of helping the enemy. Asked whether the charge is true, Hall answers that it is. Major Sam Moulton prosecutes, and eyewitnesses tell of speeches and papers Hall gave the enemy while he was held.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Rack (1956)
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- Director Arnold Laven and screenwriter Stewart Stern pushed for Paul Newman after seeing him in other productions, but MGM's chief of production Dore Schary opposed the casting.
