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Men in War is a american film of genre Drama directed by Anthony Mann released in USA on 19 march 1957 with Robert Ryan
Men in War (1957)
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Add to a movie listMen in War (1957) is a war film about the Korean War directed by Anthony Mann. It stars Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray as the leaders of a small detachment of American soldiers cut off and desperately trying to rejoin their division. The events of the film take place on one day; 6 September 1950. It was based on a 1949 World War II novel of the Normandy campaign Day Without End by Van Van Praag that was retitled Combat in 1951.
Some sources claim that credited screenwriter Philip Yordan was actually fronting for the blacklisted Ben Maddow. The Pentagon refused any cooperation with the producer and condemned the film for its depicition of a US Army unit without discipline.
Most of the same cast and crew made God's Little Acre the following year.
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On 6 September 1950, an isolated and exhausted platoon of the 24th Infantry Division is cut off. In addition to losing radio contact, the platoon is harassed by unseen North Korean infiltrators who silently kill the Americans and take their weapons. Platoon commander Lieutenant Benson (Robert Ryan) has only vague instructions to reach a certain hill to link up with American forces.Actors
Robert Ryan
(Lt. Benson)
Aldo Ray
(Sgt. Montana)
Robert Keith
(The Colonel)
Nehemiah Persoff
(Sgt. Lewis)
Philip Pine
(Sgt. Riordan)
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