Retreat, Hell! (1952)
- Directed by
- Joseph H. Lewis
- Genre
- war film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 12 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
American Marines fight in the Korean War, following a battalion commander called back to duty, a veteran captain from the reserves, and a young private eager to prove himself.
patrioticearneststarkbattlefield tensiongrittynostalgicmatter-of-fact
What happens
Retreat, Hell! is a 1952 American war film about the 1st Marine Division in the Korean War, directed by Joseph H. Lewis. It stars Frank Lovejoy as a career Marine battalion commander who is recalled from work at an American embassy, Richard Carlson as a veteran captain and communications specialist of World War II called up from the Marine Corps Reserves, Russ Tamblyn as a seventeen-year-old private who wants to outdo his older brother, also a Marine, and Nedrick Young (credited as Ned Young). Also appearing in the film is Peter J. Ortiz, a highly decorated Marine who served in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and appeared in various films after retiring from the military. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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What Price Glory (1952)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.