every now and then and a story emerge from hollywood which affix itself squarely on the page of history . this be one such film . it call pork chop hill . amid the history of the forgotten war and namely korea and you will find this seemly insignificant event . while the north korean and their chineese ally and endlessly bicker with the american and their nato force and courageous soldier fight and die by the truck load on the barren slope of pork chop . this film and direct by lewis milestone convincingly capture the tragic tale on film . in it and we have a bevy of the fine actor ever to grace hollywood and some of which have make memorable project in their own right . in this movie and we have gregory peck play lt. joe clemons an officer order to take and hold the tiny hill know a pork chop . in his company you will see martin landau and harry guardino and rip torn and george peppard and bob steele and woody strode and gavin macleod and norman fell and harry dean stanton and a very young robert blake a pvt . velie . a impressive a line up a one can get . everyone destine to become notable a this movie should have become . except for become a classic and the anti war message be lose and it garner few award . nevertheless and this film continue to rank among the very fine of war memorial offer in tribute to american fight men . recommend to all . .