All the Young Men | |
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Directed by | Hall Bartlett |
Written by | Hall Bartlett |
Produced by | Hall Bartlett |
Starring | Alan Ladd Sidney Poitier James Darren Glenn Corbett Mort Sahl Ana St. Clair Ingemar Johansson |
Cinematography | Daniel L. Fapp |
Edited by | Al Clark |
Music by | George Duning |
Production companies | Jaguar Productions Ladd Enterprises |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | over $1 million[1] |
Box office | $2,000,000 (US/ Canada)[2] |
All the Young Men is a 1960 American Korean War feature film directed by Hall Bartlett and starring Alan Ladd and Sidney Poitier dealing with desegregation in the United States Marine Corps. Poitier plays a sergeant unexpectedly placed in command of the survivors of a platoon in the Korean War. The film explores the racial integration of the American military, centering on the African-American sergeant's struggle to win the trust and respect of the men in his unit.[3]