Men in War Page #6

Synopsis: In Korea, on 6 September 1950, Lieutenant Benson's platoon finds itself isolated in enemy-held territory after a retreat. Soon they are joined by Sergeant Montana, whose overriding concern is caring for his catatonic colonel. Benson and Montana can't stand each other, but together they must get the survivors to Hill 465, where they hope the division is waiting. It's a long, harrowing march, fraught with all the dangers the elusive enemy can summon. Who will survive?
Genre: Drama, War
Director(s): Anthony Mann
Production: All Channel Films
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
APPROVED
Year:
1957
102 min
129 Views


Don't worry sir.

His heart's beating like puppies!

Take it easy now sir.

I'll go to work for this character.

Just I can't help it.

We take the left flank,

stay about 50 feet ahead.

Human mind sweeper. Real great!

I'll take the same job on the right.

Left flank, follow Montana.

Right flank, follow me.

Somebody's got the eye on me.

Where?

I don't know. I can't see him.

Forget it.

Shoot him! Shoot him!

Don't shoot, you'll hit 'em both

I want to see you bastard!

Don't shoot him Montana.

Don't shoot him!

It's the UN leaflet,

he wants to surrender.

Give him cigarette Montana.

Lighter.

What are you tryin' to prove?

That you're human.

Ask him why he surrendered?

He says he's sick. Doesn't

wanna fight anymore.

He's lying lieutenant.

Well, there is one way to

find out if he's lying.

Now walk 50 feet ahead of us through the

minefield. His beat'll tell us the truth.

Put the men into the single column. Tell

them to follow in the prisoners footsteps.

- This is home.

- Yap.

- That's Hill 465, isn't it?

- Yeah.

You see any of our men up there?

Do you see anything up there?

But how can we be sure?

We have to find out who's up there.

They're sending the

prisoner up the hill, sir.

Scratch one prisoner.

They killed him. Must

be our men up there.

Looks like we made it.

G.I.!

Americans!

Hey, what regiment are you guys from?

We made it!

- Come down!

- We made it!

Hey guys, what are...

- They're fake! They're fake!

- What?

Enemy.

How about that?

Ain't that a killer?

You're right Montana.

You're always right.

How did you know?

I knew.

You couldn't see their faces.

I can smell 'em.

But you couldn't see their faces.

The sun was behind their back,

I couldn't see their faces.

- So what! I was right! Wasn't I?

- They might of been three Americans.

You not sure, shoot

first or die first!

Get out of here Montana.

Go back to your colonel

and get him out of here!

Unload the jeep and

take it with you. Fast!

Shake.

God help us! It takes your

kind to win this war.

Well, don't think it hasn't been fun.

Cause it hasn't.

Throw it away.

I just thought maybe I could fix it sir.

Might run into a hot line someplace...

or I could hook up to battalion.

Battalion!

The battalion doesn't exist.

Regiment doesn't exist.

Command HQ doesn't exist.

USA doesn't exist.

They don't exist Riordan,

we'll never see 'em again.

Don't say that sir.

That's true.

I know what is. But it

scares me when you say it.

We are the only ones

left to fight this war.

We're still alive, and we

can fight if we have to.

We got a jeep full of

ammunition and weapons.

Before you fight you gotta think.

And I can't think anymore.

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Philip Yordan

Philip Yordan (April 1, 1914 – March 24, 2003) was an American screenwriter of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s who also produced several films. He was also known as a highly regarded script doctor. Born to Polish immigrants, he earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Illinois and a law degree at Chicago-Kent College of Law. more…

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