War is Hell

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War is Hell
Directed by	Burt Topper
Written by	Burt Topper
Narrated by	Audie Murphy
Starring	Baynes Barron Michael Bell
Release date(s)	1963
Running time	81 min.
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English
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War is Hell is a 1963 award-winning black and white film about the Korean War, written and directed by Burt Topper. The film won an honorable mention at Cannes Film Festival in 1961.

1 Plot summary
2 Cast
3 Crew
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] Plot summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Set in the Korean War, this movie depicts the atrocities of battle. In the film, Sgt. Garth, an egomaniacal, blood thirsty leader neglects to tell his soldiers that there has been a cease fire. The Sergeant sends his unit into a Communist bunker, where they are fiercely attacked by the enemy. The few who survive secure the bunker, and Garth attempts to take credit for their actions. Further chaos ensues, resulting in the deaths of many in the platoon, as well as the mortal wound to the Sergeant himself.

Tagline: "The iron-guts guys who kill for medals... dames... or just to stay alive!"

[edit] Cast

Baynes Barron as Sgt. Garth
Michael Bell as Seldon
Bobby Byles as Gresler
ally Campo as Laney
Kei Thin Chung as Korean Lieutenant (as Kei Chung)
J.J. Dahner as Koller
Judy Dan as Yung Chi Thomas
Robert Howard as Connors
Audie Murphy as Narrator
Russ Prescott as Bender
Tony Rich as Miller
Tony Russel as Sgt. Keefer
Paul Sheriff as Thurston
Burt Topper as Lt. Hallen

[edit] Crew

Director, Producer, Screenwriter : Burt Topper
Associate Producer : Ross Hahn
Music : Ronald Stein
Cinematography : Jacques Marquette
Editing : Ace Herman
Special Effects : Pat Dinga
Costume Design : Marjorie Corso

[edit] Trivia

Kirk Douglas was offered the role of Sergeant Garth, but he chose to produce and star in Stanley Kubrick's epic Spartacus.
Lee Harvey Oswald went into the Texas Theatre in Dallas, Texas to see this film, without paying, shortly after the assassination of JFK. His failure to pay aroused the manager's suspicions, and this led to his arrest and later murder by Jack Ruby.