War Hunt (1962)
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.
Top billed cast
John SaxonPvt. Raymond Endore
Charles AidmanCapt. Wallace Pratt
Sydney PollackSgt. Owen Van Horn
Tommy MatsudaCharlie
Gavin MacLeodPvt. Crotty
Robert RedfordPvt. Roy Loomis
Anthony RayPvt. Joshua Fresno
Tom SkerrittSgt. Stan Showalter
William ChalleeLt. Colonel
Nancy HsuehMama San
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