A sometimes uncomfortable marriage between fact and fiction, this film is part documentary and part drama, mixing actual war footage with reenactments in which real veterans of the Korean War portray members of a platoon sent out on a reconnaissance mission near the end of the conflict. Though peace is imminent, violence unexpectedly erupts. A day that begins with the calm and mundane is transformed into a heated battle that typifies the cruel and unpredictable nature of war.
Crew
Owen Crump
Director, Writer
Walter Doniger
Writer
John Woodcock
Editor
Ellis W. Carter
Director of Photography
Joseph H. Hazen
Executive Producer
Hal B. Wallis
Producer
Robert Rhea
Camera Operator
Jack McEdward
Camera Operator
Fritz Brosch
Camera Operator
John Leeds
Camera Operator
Gene Garvin
Sound
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Warren Low
Supervising Editor
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