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Mission Over Korea is a 1953 American war film released by Columbia Pictures, directed by Fred F. Sears, as his first feature-length film, from a story by former war correspondent Richard Tregaskis, author of Guadalcanal Diary. The film stars John Hodiak, John Derek, Audrey Totter and Maureen O'Sullivan.
The Korean War provides the background, including combat footage photographed by producer Robert Cohn and a camera crew near the front lines. The prologue before the onscreen credits notes the film is "Dedicated to the Eighth United States Army, Fifth United States Air Force, Republic of Korea Army who made this film possible. To the men at Itazuki, Kwanju, Taego, Ouijanbu, Pusan, Inchon, Seoul where this story was photographed."
Original Release
08/01/1953
US Release
08/01/1953
Cast
Name | Character |
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John Hodiak | Capt. George P. Slocum |
John Derek | Lt. Pete Barker |
Audrey Totter | Kate / Kate, Nurse-Lieutenant |
Maureen O'Sullivan | Nancy Slocum |
Harvey Lembeck | Sgt. Maxie Steiner |
Richard Erdman | Pvt. Swenson |
William Chun | Clancy / Kilamson Lee - aka Clancy |
Rex Reason | Maj. Jim Hacker |
Richard Bowers | Singing Soldier |
Ralph Ahn | Korean Radio Operator |
Directors
Writers
Martin Goldsmith, Jesse Lasky Jr., Eugene Ling, Richard Tregaskis
Cast
Name | Character |
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John Hodiak | Capt. George P. Slocum |
John Derek | Lt. Pete Barker |
Audrey Totter | Kate / Kate, Nurse-Lieutenant |
Maureen O'Sullivan | Nancy Slocum |
Harvey Lembeck | Sgt. Maxie Steiner |
Richard Erdman | Pvt. Swenson |
William Chun | Clancy / Kilamson Lee - aka Clancy |
Rex Reason | Maj. Jim Hacker |
Richard Bowers | Singing Soldier |
Ralph Ahn | Korean Radio Operator |
Chris Alcaide | Army Airplane Check Officer |
Robert Anderson | Military Police Sergeant |
Al Choi | Maj. Kung |
Edward Colmans | Map Co-ordinates Officer |
John Crawford | Tech Sergeant |
Walter 'PeeWee' Flannery | George Slocum Jr. |
Dick Fortune | Air Force Sergeant |
Don Gibson | Sergeant |
Dabbs Greer | Pilot |
Susan Hawkins | Slocum's Little Girl |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Robert Cohn | Producer |