Pork Chop Hill (1959), directed by Lewis Milestone, is a Korean War war film based upon the eponymous book by military historian Brig. Gen. S. L. A. Marshall, an eyewitness, depicting the bitterly fierce first Battle of Pork Chop Hill between the U.S. Army's 7th Infantry Division, and Chinese and Korean Communist forces at the end of the Korean War in April 1953.
The film features Gregory Peck, Woody Strode, and actors who became movie stars in the 1960s and the 1970s; e.g., George Peppard, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn, Robert Blake, Norman Fell, Martin Landau, and Gavin MacLeod, with Harry Dean Stanton in an uncredited minor role.
This was Milestone's final war film, and it received good reviews. Peck, although not credited, directed a few segments, despite protests by Milestone at the time. The picture was filmed partially on location in California's San Fernando Valley. Pork Chop Hill marked Landau's feature film debut.
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