Pork Chop Hill

About Pork Chop Hill

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.

Lewis Milestone's Pork Chop Hill is a 1959 history war film. Gregory Peck takes the lead as Lt. Joe Clemons, Harry Guardino as PFC. Forstman, Rip Torn as Lt. Walter Russell, and George Peppard as Cpl. Chuck Fedderson.

At 98 minutes long, it arrived in May 1959. Written by James R. Webb. The film began as a novel.

Shelv files it under korean war (1950-53), suicide mission, gi joe, and black and white. In the United States it streams on ScreenPix Amazon Channel and ScreenPix Apple TV channel. It scores 6.7 out of 10 from 79 TMDB voters.

Battle of Jangsari, Manhattan, and Capote make useful companions to Pork Chop Hill, all filed under 1950s.