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A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and intimate.
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- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Gene EvansSergeant Zack
- Robert HuttonPrivate Bronte
- Steve BrodieLieutenant Driscoll
- James EdwardsCorporal Thompson
- Richard LooSergeant Tanaka
- Sid MeltonJoe
- Richard MonahanPrivate Baldy
- William ChunShort Round
- Harold FongThe Red
- Neyle MorrowFirst GI
Crew
- Samuel FullerDirector
- Samuel FullerWriter
- Ernest MillerDirector of Photography
- Paul DunlapOriginal Music Composer
- Philip CahnEditor
- William BerkeProducer
- Robert L. LippertProducer
- Samuel FullerProducer
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