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Retreat, Hell! is a american film of genre Drama directed by Joseph H. Lewis released in USA on 17 february 1952 with Frank Lovejoy

Retreat, Hell! (1952)

Retreat, Hell!
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Released in USA 17 february 1952
Length 1h34
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    War
Rating63% 3.194893.194893.194893.194893.19489

Retreat, Hell! is a 1952 American war film about the 1st Marine Division in the Korean War, directed by Joseph H. Lewis. It stars Frank Lovejoy as a career Marine battalion commander who is recalled from work at an American embassy, Richard Carlson as a veteran captain and communications specialist of World War II called up from the Marine Corps Reserves, Russ Tamblyn as a seventeen-year-old private who hides his true age to serve with the unit overseas and outdo his older brother, also a Marine, and Nedrick Young (credited as Ned Young). Also appearing in the film is Peter Julien Ortiz, a highly decorated Marine who served in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and appeared in various films after retiring from the military.

Synopsis

A Marine battalion is assembled from various sources and sent to Korea. The film depicts the formation and training of the battalion, the amphibious landing at the Battle of Inchon, the advance through North Korea, and the Winter Chinese Communist Offensive sends the Marines into a fighting withdrawal to the staging area at Hŭngnam Harbor "...with rifles, grenades, bayonets, our bare fists if we have to" (quoting the battalion commander).

Actors

Frank Lovejoy

(Lt. Col. Steve L. Corbett)
Richard Carlson

(Capt. Paul Hansen)
Anita Louise

(Ruth Hansen)
Russ Tamblyn

(Jimmy W. McDermid)
Nedrick Young

(Sgt. Novak)
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