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Battle Hymn

Battle Hymn (1957)

Biographical, Drama, Historical, War | United States

Director: Douglas Sirk

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Rating: 6.4/10

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SYNOPSIS

Dean Hess, who entered the ministry to atone for bombing a German orphanage, decides he's a failure at preaching. Rejoined to train pilots early in the Korean War, he finds Korean orphans raiding the airbase garbage. With a pretty Korean teacher, he sets up an orphanage for them and others. But he finds that to protect his charges, he has to kill.

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Writer: Charles Grayson, Vincent B. Evans

RUNTIME: 108 min

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