Pork Chop Hill (1959 film)

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American film black-and-white film film war film

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
black-and-white film ⓘ
film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork S. L. A. Marshall ⓘ
basedOn Pork Chop Hill ⓘ
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
characterPortrayedBy Lieutenant Joe Clemons – Gregory Peck ⓘ
cinematographyBy Sam Leavitt ⓘ
colorProcess black-and-white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts Battle of Pork Chop Hill ⓘ
human cost of war ⓘ
infantry combat ⓘ
trench warfare ⓘ
director Lewis Milestone ⓘ
distributedBy United Artists ⓘ
editedBy Frederic Knudtson ⓘ
era Cold War cinema ⓘ
filmingProcess black-and-white ⓘ
genre war ⓘ
hasSubject armistice negotiations ⓘ
military tactics ⓘ
mainCharacter Lieutenant Joe Clemons ⓘ
medium theatrical feature film ⓘ
musicBy Leonard Rosenman ⓘ
narrativeFocus holding a strategically marginal position ⓘ
notableFor realistic depiction of infantry combat in the Korean War ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Sy Bartlett ⓘ
productionCompany Melville Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1959-04-09 ⓘ
releaseYear 1959 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 97 ⓘ
screenwriter James R. Webb ⓘ
Sy Bartlett ⓘ
setInPeriod Korean War ⓘ
starring Clarence Williams III ⓘ
George Peppard ⓘ
Gregory Peck ⓘ
Harry Guardino ⓘ
James Edwards ⓘ
Martin Landau ⓘ
Norman Fell ⓘ
Rip Torn ⓘ
Robert Blake ⓘ
Woody Strode ⓘ
subjectMatter Chinese People's Volunteer Army 9th Army Group ⓘ
surface form: Chinese People’s Volunteer Army

United States Army ⓘ

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Battle of Pork Chop Hill → associatedWork → Pork Chop Hill (1959 film) ⓘ
Pork Chop Hill (book by S. L. A. Marshall) → relatedWork → Pork Chop Hill (1959 film) ⓘ
subject surface form: Pork Chop Hill