Overview
Dispatched to the front lines during the Korean War, an idealistic American soldier discovers the horrors of combat and comes at odds with a psychopathic member of his platoon.
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DirectorDenis Sanders
WriterStanford Whitmore
Cast
John Saxon
Pvt. Raymond Endore
Charles Aidman
Capt. Wallace Pratt
Sydney Pollack
Sgt. Owen Van Horn
Tommy Matsuda
Charlie
Gavin MacLeod
Pvt. Crotty
Robert Redford
Pvt. Roy Loomis
Anthony Ray
Pvt. Joshua Fresno
Tom Skerritt
Sgt. Stan Showalter
William Challee
Lt. Colonel
Nancy Hsueh
Mama San
Francis Ford Coppola
Army Truck Driver (uncredited)
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Keywords
korean war (1950-53)platooncasualty of warviolent manwar childyoung soldieramerican soldierschildren in wartimefront line warfarenight patrolsbaseball vs. knifeceasefirephilosophical depiction of war
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Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 3, 2026