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Battle Hymn

6.5 109 mins Drama   War   1957
Universal International Pictures  
Director(s): Douglas Sirk

Release Date: 14 Thu, Feb 1957

Dean Hess, who entered the ministry to atone for bombing a German orphanage, decides he’s a failure at preaching. Rejoined to train pilots early in the Korean War, he finds Korean orphans raiding the airbase garbage. With a pretty Korean teacher, he sets up an orphanage for them and others.

Casts of Battle Hymn

Rock Hudson

as Col. Dean E. Hess

Anna Kashfi

as En Soon Yang

Dan Duryea

as Sgt. Herman

Don DeFore

as Capt. Dan Skidmore

Martha Hyer

as Mary Hess

Jock Mahoney

as Maj. Frank Moore

Alan Hale Jr.

as Mess Sergeant

James Edwards

as Lt. Maples

Richard Loo

as Gen. Kim (scenes deleted)

Simon Scott

as Lt. Hollis

Carl Benton Reid

as Deacon Edwards

Philip Ahn

as Old Man

Bartlett Robinson

as General Timberidge

Teru Shimada

as Korean Official

Carleton Young

as Major Harrison

Art Millan

as Captain Reardon

William Hudson

as Navy Lieutenant

Paul Sorensen

as Sentry

James Hong

as ROK Maj. Chong (uncredited)

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