Hold Back the Night

original title:
Hold Back the Night
other titles:
Teufelskommando
country / year of production:
USA / 1956
original length:
80 min. , black/white
premiere:
29. Juli 1956
genre:
drama
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director:
Allan Dwan
film script:
Walter Doniger , John C. Higgins
producer:
Hayes Goetz
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cast (role):
Peter Graves (Lt. Lee Couzens) , Mona Freeman (Anne Franklin McKenzie) , John Payne (Capt. Sam McKenzie) , Chuck Connors (Sgt. Ekland) , Robert Easton (Ackerman, a soldier) , Peter Graves , Mona Freeman , John Payne , Chuck Connors , Robert Easton
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plot synopsis:
Sam Mackenzie gets during the Second World War, a bottle of whiskey as a gift from his wife. She leaves him with the words, he should open it only for a special occasion. For the soldier, the bottle becomes a good-luck charm and mascot and will not be opened, during the Korean War. But then the soldiers get into a crisis...
keywords:
mountains , comradeship , family on both sides of the front , dersertion , black and white film
war:
Korean War (1950-1953)
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