Re: The Korean War in Cinema

[Ed Evanhoe <gangster@oio.net>]

>Patricia,

> >>Here are the Korean War films I came across.  I don't find any paucity of
>film here:
>
>The Steel Helmet
>Men of the Fighting Lady
>Manchurian Candidate
>All the Young Men
>Men in War
>Pork Chop Hill
>Bridges of Toko-Ri
>The Bamboo Prison (POW's in Korea)
>Battle Flame (female captives of the Red Chinese and the marines who swore
>to take them out alive... woo hoo!!!)
>Escape (1773)
>Air Cadet (1951)
>Battle Taxi
>Battle Hymn
>Battle Zone
>Fixed Bayonets (1951)
>Provacateur (1996, Korean)
>Reluctant Heroes (1971)
>Yank in Korea (1951) also released as Letters from Korea
>Target Zero (1955)
>The Rack (1956) about American POW
>Prisoner of War (1954) An American army officer, troubled by reports of
>brutality, volunteers to investigate conditions inside North Korean POW
>camps. He parachutes behind enemy lines and infiltrates a group of G.I.s
>being marched to one of these camps. There, he witnesses scenes of G.I.s
>being brainwashed, beaten, subjected to mock executions, deprived of food
>and water, and tortured in a variety of ways under the supervision of a
>Russian colonel. While reaction to this treatment varies, the officer is
>heartened to learn that American soldiers are still a courageous and
>enduring force.
>
>Mission over Korea (1953)
>The Mountain Road (1960) James Stewart
>Korea Patrol (1951)
>The Glory Brigade (1953)
>Dragonfly Squadron (1954)
>Cease Fire (1953)
>Combat Squad (1953)<<

Thanks.  A lot more than I thought were produced.

Regards