pork chop hill be one of a small group of film that deal with the korea war realistically . the other two be men at war and the steel helmet . peck character be carry out order to take a worthless hill with peace on the horizon . the movie show that the fog of war cloud and confuses everything . they be reluctant warrior in a war nobody want to win or lose . lewis milstone direction in the panorama of battlefield be his trademark . the cast be make up of familiar face and harry guardino and george peppard and norman fell and rip torn and kevin hagen and robert blake and woody strode . what make the film more interesting be that the korea war have only be over for six year and peck character be still alive .