i love gregory peck and have see many of his movie . he can not save a bad movie but he always add a star in my book . fortunately he do not need to save this one . i be also a fan of classic war movie ( lately that about all i have be watch a i slowly work my way through the local video store collection ) . so i really like this one . the b and w filming be really gritty and capture the whole pointlessness of the battle that be pork chop hill and right before the 1953 armistice . we take it and the chinese take it and we decide to take it back . you really get a sense of the tactic employ by the troop on both side and the tough job that be the infantryman assault a hill and amid confusion and snafu and and the ever present risk of death .