- For the Korean War battles, see Battle of Pork Chop Hill.
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| Directed by | Lewis Milestone |
| Screenplay by | James R. Webb |
| Based on | Pork Chop Hill: The American Fighting Man in Action 1956 novel by S. L. A. Marshall |
| Produced by | Sy Bartlett |
| Starring | Gregory Peck Harry Guardino Rip Torn George Peppard James Edwards Bob Steele Woody Strode George Shibata |
| Cinematography | Sam Leavitt |
| Edited by | George Boemler |
| Music by | Leonard Rosenman |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $ 3 million [1] or $1,750,000[2] |
| Box office | $2.1 million (est. domestic)[3] |
Pork Chop Hill is a 1959 American Korean War film starring Gregory Peck, Woody Strode, Rip Torn, and George Peppard. The film, which was the final war film directed by Lewis Milestone, is based upon the 1956 book by U.S. military historian Brigadier General S. L. A. Marshall. It depicts the first fierce Battle of Pork Chop Hill between the U.S. Army's 7th Infantry Division and Chinese and North Korean forces in April 1953.
The film features numerous actors who would go on to become movie and television stars in the 1960s and the 1970s such as Woody Strode, Harry Guardino, Robert Blake, George Peppard, Norman Fell, Abel Fernandez, Gavin MacLeod, Harry Dean Stanton, and Clarence Williams III. It is also the screen debut of Martin Landau and George Shibata, who was a West Point classmate of Lieutenant Joe Clemons, who also acted as technical adviser on the film.