Pork Chop Hill

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Pork Chop Hill is a 1959 American war film depicting a brutal Korean War battle and the human cost of holding a strategically marginal position.

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Pork Chop Hill canonical 10
Pork Chop Hill (book) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
film
war film
basedOn Pork Chop Hill self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pork Chop Hill (book)

Pork Chop Hill (book by S. L. A. Marshall)
surface form: Pork Chop Hill by S. L. A. Marshall
cinematographyBy Sam Leavitt
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts Battle of Pork Chop Hill
human cost of war
trench warfare
director Lewis Milestone
distributedBy United Artists
editedBy Frederic Knudtson
filmFormat black-and-white film
filmingTechnique realistic combat scenes
genre drama film
war film
hasTheme morale in combat
sacrifice
strategic vs. political objectives
mainSubject Korean War
futility of war
military tactics
musicBy Leonard Rosenman
notableFor depiction of a strategically marginal position
gritty portrayal of infantry combat
originalLanguage English
portrays Chinese forces
United States Army personnel
surface form: United States Army soldiers

negotiations during armistice talks
producer Sy Bartlett
productionCompany Melville Productions
publicationDate 1959
runtimeMinutes 97
screenwriter James R. Webb
Sy Bartlett
setInPeriod Korean War
starring George Peppard
Gregory Peck
Harry Guardino
Rip Torn
Robert Blake
Woody Strode
titleRefersTo Pork Chop Hill outpost
surface form: Pork Chop Hill (Korean War battlefield)

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Pork Chop Hill (book by S. L. A. Marshall) hasTitle Pork Chop Hill
subject surface form: Pork Chop Hill
Pork Chop Hill (1959 film) basedOn Pork Chop Hill
this entity surface form: Pork Chop Hill (book)
Woody Strode notableWork Pork Chop Hill
Edward Lewis notableWork Pork Chop Hill
Lewis Milestone notableWork Pork Chop Hill
Lewis Milestone directed Pork Chop Hill
Lieutenant Joe Clemons portrayedIn Pork Chop Hill
subject surface form: Joe Clemons
Lieutenant Joe Clemons subjectOf Pork Chop Hill
subject surface form: Joe Clemons
Lieutenant Joe Clemons – Gregory Peck appearsIn Pork Chop Hill
subject surface form: Lieutenant Joe Clemons
S. L. A. Marshall notableWork Pork Chop Hill
Pork Chop Hill basedOn Pork Chop Hill self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Pork Chop Hill (book)
James Edwards notableWork Pork Chop Hill