Excellent, tight little lost patrol movie set in the Korean War - Robert Ryan leads what's left of his men, crossing with Aldo Ray and a shell shocked colonel (Robert Keith). Anthony Mann is on tip top form. Stripped back story which nonetheless has some decent character stuff.
The left wing leanings of producer Sidney Harmon and Ryan are on show, I believe, in things such as the dehumanisation of war (soldiers freak out, run away and step on mines) and the presence of a black soldier (James Edwards).
Tight, solid, stripped back, etc etc.
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