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Men in War

Men in War
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Original film poster
Directed by Anthony Mann
Produced by Sidney Harmon
Anthony Mann (uncredited)
Written by Philip Yordan
Based on Day Without End (Combat)
1949 novel
by Van Van Praag
Starring Robert Ryan
Aldo Ray
Music by Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography Ernest Haller
Edited by Richard C. Meyer
Production
company
Distributed by United Artists
Release date
  • March 19, 1957 (1957-03-19)
Running time
100-102 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $1.5 million (US)

Men in War is a 1957 war film about the Korean War directed by Anthony Mann and starring 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. The picture was based on a 1949 World War II novel of the Normandy campaignDay 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.

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 leader Lieutenant Benson (Robert Ryan) has only vague instructions to reach a certain hill to link up with American forces.

The patrol stops a jeep driven by Sergeant "Montana" (Aldo Ray) and shell shocked passenger "the Colonel" (Robert Keith) from the First Cavalry Division. The Colonel is unable to speak and is tied to his seat. After the Battle of the Nakdong River, where "our men fell like rain", the tough experienced Montana decided he and his Colonel, whom he treats like his father, have had enough of the war. Benson commandeers their jeep for his platoon's equipment and the battle-fatigued Corporal Zwickley (Vic Morrow).


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