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Pork Chop Hill

Pork Chop Hill

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 29, 1959

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Drama, History, War

User Score

65%

Original Title

Pork Chop Hill

Production Companies

Melville Productions

Director

Lewis Milestone

Description

Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.