Hold Back the Night
| Hold Back the Night | |
|---|---|
 Original film poster | |
| Directed by | Allan Dwan |
| Produced by | Hayes Goetz |
| Written by |
Walter Doniger John C. Higgins Pat Frank (novel) |
| Starring |
John Payne Chuck Connors Peter Graves Mona Freeman Audrey Dalton |
| Music by | Hans J. Salter |
| Cinematography | Ellsworth Fredericks |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists |
Release dates |
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Running time | 80 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hold Back the Night is a 1956 American war film about the Korean War based on the 1951 novel by Pat Frank, who had been a war correspondent in Korea. The film was directed by Allan Dwan; his third film with John Payne and his third film about the United States Marine Corps. The earlier films about the Marine Corps were Abroad with Two Yanks (1944) and The Sands of Iwo Jima (1949).
Plot
The film tells the story in flashbacks of a bottle of Scotch carried by a World War II and Korean War Marine, Captain Sam MacKenzie.
Production
The film was shot with the cooperation of the United States Marine Corps at the Mountain Warfare Training Center at Pickel Meadows, California that recreated the events of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.
Allied Artists originally approached the Marine Corps for assistance after the book's initial release. The Corps turned down cooperation with the producers as they felt the film was too close to the recently filmed Retreat, Hell!. Though Allied Artists contemplated rewriting the film to involve the US Army, they shelved the film for a few years with the Corps cooperating.[1] Sequences of the film were also shot at Bronson Canyon with artificial snow.[2]
Cast
- John Payne as MacKenzie
- Mona Freeman as Anne
- Chuck Connors as Sgt. Ekland
- Peter Graves as Lt. Couzens
- Audrey Dalton as Kitty
See also
References
External links
- Hold Back the Night at the Internet Movie Database
- Hold Back the Night at the TCM Movie Database
- Hold Back the Night at AllMovie