Dir. Denis Sanders · Starring John Saxon, Charles Aidman, Sydney Pollack, Tommy Matsuda, Gavin MacLeod, Robert Redford · Music Bud Shank
“It happened on a raging battlefield, but he could have been a murderer stalking a city's streets!”
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Dispatched to the front lines during the Korean War, an idealistic American soldier discovers the horrors of combat and comes at odds with a psychopathic member of his platoon.
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A stark and unflinching look at the Korean War, this film plunges you into the grim realities of combat. It's a raw, character-focused drama that explores the psychological toll of war and the bonds forged under fire.
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