KEITH'S LIST OF 44 FILMS RELATED TO THE KOREAN WAR
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- StarsJohn HustonJohn ColicosDouglas MacArthurExplores the life and actions of one of America's military legends. Part 1 follows MacArthur from his days as a forgotten hero soldiering in the Philippines on the eve of Pearl Harbor to the moment when he becomes the last shogun of the new Japan. Part 2 continues as MacArthur converts Japan from a semi-feudal society to a democracy by personally devising a model constitution and sweeping social reforms. Then sent to Korea, he skillfully retreats as China enters the Korean War. Blamed for the sudden reversal, he is relieved of his military duties by President Harry S. Truman and comes home to a hero's welcome which peters out in the din of 1952 presidential politics and the overwhelming popularity of General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsHumphrey BogartJune AllysonKeenan WynnSet in Korea and made during the war, this is the love story of a hard-bitten Army surgeon, and a new nurse ready to save the world.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsVan HeflinAldo RayMona FreemanYoung Marines have adventures in love and war.
- DirectorDouglas SirkStarsRock HudsonMartha HyerDan DuryeaA remorseful bomber pilot-turned-minister rejoins for the Korean War.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsJohn HodiakLinda ChristianStephen McNallyDuring the Korean War, two combat photographers with the U.S. Marine Corps compete for the heart of a pretty Italian Army nurse.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsEwan McGregorAlbert FinneyBilly CrudupA frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsWilliam HoldenGrace KellyFredric MarchSet during the Korean War, a Navy fighter pilot must come to terms with with his own ambivalence towards the war and the fear of having to bomb a set of highly defended bridges. The ending of this grim war drama is all tension.
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsRichard BasehartGene EvansMichael O'SheaThe story of a platoon during the Korean War. One by one Corporal Denno's superiors are killed until it comes to the point where he must try to take command responsibility.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsSterling HaydenRichard CarlsonWilliam PhippsDuring the Korean War, aboard the U.S.S. Princeton, Navy Commander Dan Collier reminisces about his first assignment on the same aircraft carrier in the war against Japan.
- DirectorSteve BinderPeter H. HuntStarsJames WhitmoreOne-man show about the presidency of Harry S. Truman.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsJeffrey HunterDavid JanssenVic DamoneWhen his adoptive Japanese-American family is sent to Manzanar after Pearl Harbor, a young Chicano enlists in the marines to become a hero in the Battle of Saipan.
- DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsKirk DouglasRobert Walker Jr.Nick AdamsIn the final days of the Korean War, an enemy airman is captured by three American soldiers who cannot bring themselves to follow the order to execute their prisoner.
- DirectorDick PowellStarsRobert MitchumRobert WagnerRichard EganIn 1952, during the Korean War, two American pilots become bitter enemies over the same woman but must shelf their personal feud when confronted by deadly Chinese MIG fighter jets in battle.
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsLaurence OlivierJacqueline BissetBen GazzaraDuring the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur masterminds the amphibious invasion of Inchon in September 1950.
- StarsEdward HerrmannThomas J. HudnerHarry J. MaihoferThe Korean War was a war of firsts: The first jet war; the first war where it was not possible to unleash full power politically or militarily and the first battlefield of the Cold War. Lasting three years it took more than 2000000 military and civilian lives in it's bloody wake. Setting all the rules for East/West conflict during the nuclear age brought an unknowing world closer to an all-out atomic war than has ever been told. Historians battle veterans and archival footage reveal the pain glory and pathos of the war.
- StarsBrian McKennaTerence McKennaTim PostThe history of the Korean War.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsGregory PeckDan O'HerlihyEd FlandersBiopic of General Douglas MacArthur covering his war exploits during WW2 and the Korean War.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsFrank SinatraLaurence HarveyJanet LeighAn American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsDonald SutherlandElliott GouldTom SkerrittThe staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and high jinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
- CreatorLarry GelbartStarsAlan AldaWayne RogersLoretta SwitThe staff of an Army hospital in the Korean War find that laughter is the best way to deal with their situation.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsAlan LaddJune AllysonJames WhitmoreA Korean War fighter pilot hero returns home to test fly the new Sabre jets despite his wife's uneasiness regarding his job.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsRobert RyanAldo RayRobert KeithDuring the Korean War, a battle-worn lieutenant and his platoon are behind enemy lines, and have orders to march to Hill 465 for possible relief.
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsGregory PeckHarry GuardinoRip TornDuring the Korean War peace talks, U.S. troops fight to retake a hill from the Communist Chinese forces.
- DirectorJoseph H. LewisStarsFrank LovejoyRichard CarlsonAnita LouiseThe saga of a battalion of U.S. Marines during the Korean War, starting with their training, landing at Inchon in 1950, advance into North Korea and their subsequent retreat back to the 38th parallel.
- DirectorLouis KingStarsRobert StackColeen GrayRichard ArlenThe story of jet pilots flying over Korea by day, from their Itazuke Air Base in Japan, and of their wives, on station with them, who have dinner ready when they return. Jane Carter (Coleen Gray), a reporter for a large newspaper syndicate arrives... she's also the estranged wife of the assistant squadron commander, Colonel Gil Manton (Robert Stack.) At first, she goes at her assignment of getting a story on the pilots wives with the same ruthlessness and persistence that broke up her marriage - but a mirror isn't needed to peek around the corner to where this one is headed.
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsGene EvansRobert HuttonSteve BrodieA ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsWilliam HoldenNancy OlsonWilliam BendixSubmarine commander Ken White reminisces about his wartime years aboard submarine USS Tiger Shark and struggles with feelings of personal guilt.
- DirectorSherman A. RoseStarsDon KellyLeslie ParrishEdward G. Robinson Jr.Four men in their tank, during the Korean War in 1951, find themselves behind enemy lines.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsWard BondEdward A. CraigAllan DwanDirector John Ford's documentary about the beginnings of the Korean War, after North Korenn troops invaded South Korea and battled U.S., South Korean and United Nations forces. Notable in that, unlike many documentaries of the time, it's in color, and no stock footage is used.
- DirectorFrank PiersonStarsGary SiniseDiana ScarwidRichard DysartThough considered unqualified, Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd president following the April 1945 death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- DirectorDenis SandersStarsJohn SaxonCharles AidmanSydney PollackDispatched 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.
- DirectorAnthony PageStarsHenry FondaE.G. MarshallLucille BensonU.S. President Harry S Truman and his commander in the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur, disagree on war strategy. Their conflict comes to a head when Truman relieves the insubordinate MacArthur from command.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsJohn AgarAudrey TotterGregory WalcottThree American pilots are shot down behind enemy lines during the Korean war, where they encounter a mysterious Russian nurse. Their life is in her hands.
- DirectorDon HoranStarsMark W. ClarkDwight D. EisenhowerTurner JoyFor a police action the 1950's Korean conflict must have seemed a hell of a lot like a war, which this collection of newsreels all too clearly shows.
- DirectorGabriel CooleyDocumentary of the Korean War.
- The story of the Korean War is told through powerful color imagery, dramatic musical score and sound-scape. In the first episode, the summer of 1950 sees the people of Korea trapped in the vice-like grip of the beginnings of the Cold War, as the two new superpowers of the postwar world flex their muscles--the United States and the Soviet Union. In part 2 while the diplomats wrangle and the negotiators argue, the fighting in the blighted Korean countryside continues. Towns and villages lay in ruins, the hillsides and valleys are scarred by bomb craters, as negotiators attempt to handle the sensitive issue of the repatriation of prisoners of war.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsRobert VaughnArthur KennedyMartha ScottStory of Harry S. Truman as he begins his political career in 1929.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsTom TryonDavid HedisonTom ReeseFour privates romp their way through occupied Japan while on leave, finding a little romance and some laughs. After it's over they head to the front lines of the Korean War where brutality and death are constant.
- DirectorAndrew MartonStarsVan JohnsonWalter PidgeonLouis CalhernA famous writer visits an aircraft carrier during the Korean war to learn more about it and the way it's run. He also gets to find out more about the Navy and Marine aviators themselves, their internal and external conflicts and dangers of their job.
- DirectorTay GarnettStarsRobert MitchumAnn BlythWilliam TalmanDuring the early days of the Korean War, U.S. Army colonel Steve Janowski is one of the military advisers training the South Korean army and he's tasked with evacuating American civilians from the war zone.
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsBradford DillmanPeter GravesVera MilesDuring the Korean War Sergeant Paul Ryker is accused of defecting to Communist China and then returning to his unit as a spy. He's court-martialed and sentenced to death but his attorney believes Ryker's innocent and asks for a new trial.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsRichard WidmarkKarl MaldenElaine StewartIn 1953, at Fort Bliss, Texas, two former Korean War combat veterans work as drill sergeants and fall in love with the same woman.
- DirectorHarmon JonesStarsRichard ContePeggie CastleCharles BronsonSet during the Korean War, a unit of American soldiers, together with three British tank crew, find themselves trapped behind enemy lines.
- DirectorTom KleespieStarsFred O. KnipeRaymond W. BentleyAlbert BettigaKorean War veterans relate their experiences fighting in this "forgotten" war.