Pork Chop Hill

1959 · directed by Lewis Milestone

Rating

76/100

Hit

no

Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.

Pork Chop Hill (1959), directed by Lewis Milestone, rates 76/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Gregory Peck
• Harry Guardino
• Rip Torn
• George Peppard
• Carl Benton Reid
• James Edwards
• Bob Steele
• Woody Strode
• George Shibata
• Norman Fell

Crew

• Sam Leavitt — Director of Photography
• George Boemler — Editor
• Leonard Rosenman — Original Music Composer
• James R. Webb — Screenplay

More from Lewis Milestone

1. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) — 98/100 · hit
2. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) — 84/100 · hit
3. Of Mice and Men (1939) — 83/100 · hit
4. Rain (1932) — 77/100
5. The Front Page (1931) — 72/100
6. Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) — 67/100

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