Pork Chop Hill (film)

For the Korean War battles, see Battle of Pork Chop Hill.

Pork Chop Hill
Theatrical release poster
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	Melville Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	May 29, 1959 (1959-05-29) (USA)
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.