RETREAT, HELL! - DVD

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• Release Year: 1952
• Genre: Drama, War
• Plot: Considered by most as one of the greatest Korean War films ever made. A U.S. marine batallion headed by Lt. Col. Steve L. Corbett (Frank Lovejoy, Shack Out on 101) and Capt. Paul Hansen (Richard Carlson, Flat Top) must fight its way out of a frozen mountain pass despite diminishing supplies, freezing temperatures and constant attacks by overwhelming numbers of Chinese and North Korean soldiers. The stellar cast includes Russ Tamblyn (Billed as Rusty) in his first 'adult' role, future-director Lamont Johnson (The McKenzie Break), and real-life war hero Peter Ortiz, one of the most-decorated Marine officers of World War II. Directed by legendary filmmaker Joseph H. lewis (The Big Combo, Gun Crzay). Co-written and produced by Milton Sperling (Merrill's Marauders).
• Cast: Frank Lovejoy, Richard Carlson, Anita Louise, Russ Tamblyn, Nedrick Young, Lamont Johnson, Robert Ellis, Paul Smith, Peter Ortiz, Dorothy Patrick, Morton C. Thompson, Joseph Keane, John Bradford, William Cabanne, Sue Fawn Chung, Jack Daley, Fred Datig Jr., Douglas Evans, John Hedloe, Monte Lee, Herbert Lytton, Howard Negley, Richard Reeves, Oreste Seragnoli, Owen Song, Mack Williams, Joseph H. Lewis, Milton Sperling, Ted Sherdeman
• Director: Joseph H. Lewis
• Runtime: 1:35
• Media Format: Movie