Directed by Hall Bartlett
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Sony Movie Channel)
A small group of Marines is ambushed in the mountains of Korea. The survivors hole up in a house in a box canyon and wait for reinforcement. The dying sergeant gives over command of the unit to Sidney Poitier who reluctantly accepts. Alan Ladd, whom most of the men think should have been given command, questions his every move. He has problems with a southern racist which leads to fist fights. There are several tense scenes and graphic violence which is unusual for a major studio film made in 1960. Glacier National Park stands in for Korea, nicely captured in black and white by cinematographer Daniel Fapp (West Side Story, The Great Escape).
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