Pork Chop Hill

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Pork Chop Hill ★★★ 1959

A powerful, hard-hitting account of the last hours of the Korean War. Peck is totally believable as the man ordered to hold his ground against the hopeless onslaught of Chinese Communist hordes. A chilling, stark look in the face of a no-win situation. Top notch cast and masterful directing. 97m/B VHS, DVD . Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn, George Peppard, James Edwards, Bob Steele, Woody Strode, Robert (Bobby) Blake, Martin Landau, Norman Fell, Bert Remsen, George Shibata, Biff (Elliott) Elliot, Barry Atwater, Martin Garth, Lew Gallo, Charles Aidman, Leonard Graves, Ken Lynch, Paul Comi, Cliff Ketchum, Abel Fernandez, Gavin MacLeod; D: Lewis Milestone; W: James R. Webb; C: Sam Leavitt; M: Leonard Rosenman.