Battle Hymn (Blu-ray)
The true story of Col. Dean Hess, clergyman turned fighter pilot!
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: April 27, 2021
- Originally Released: 1957
- Label: KL Studio Classics
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Rock Hudson, Martha Hyer & Dan Duryea | |
Performer: | Don DeFore, Anna Kashfi, James Edwards, Carl Benton Reid, Jock Mahoney, Philip Ahn, Bartlett Robinson & Carleton Young | |
Directed by | Douglas Sirk | |
Edited by | Russell F. Schoengarth | |
Screenwriting by | Charles Grayson & Vince Evans | |
Composition by | Frank Skinner | |
Art Direction by | Alexander Golitzen & Emrich Nicholson | |
Produced by | Ross Hunter | |
Director of Photography: | Russell Metty |
Entertainment Reviews:
20%
AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 1,098
Rating: C+ --
Douglas Sirk's sentimental Korean War tale of guilt and redemption is a weak, uncharacteristic film of the famed director, but it's worth seeing as a panel in his many collaborations with star Rock Hudson.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Rating: C --
At best it's a serviceable war drama, that if it were not in Sirk's capable hands would have probably suffered an even more disastrous fate.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 2/5 --
...doesn't miss a single cliché as it makes a calculated circuit of the old militant sky-pilot plot.
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New York Times
Product Description:
Rock Hudson gives a perfect performance as Colonel Dean Hess, a World War II pilot who launches an air attack that inadvertently obliterates a German orphanage. After the war, Hess becomes a minister and tries desperately to deal with the guilt he retains from the bombing. When the Korean War erupts, Hess learns about hundreds of Korean children left orphaned by the fighting and reenlists. He flies missions and trains pilots and, hoping for redemption, founds an orphanage.
Director Douglas Sirk, much as he did with an earlier Hudson vehicle, MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION, crafts a riveting, poignant melodrama around the themes of guilt and redemption. BATTLE HYMN, steeped in choral music and illuminated by epic production values, features Korean orphans flown in to Universal Studios to play themselves.
Director Douglas Sirk, much as he did with an earlier Hudson vehicle, MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION, crafts a riveting, poignant melodrama around the themes of guilt and redemption. BATTLE HYMN, steeped in choral music and illuminated by epic production values, features Korean orphans flown in to Universal Studios to play themselves.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 108,837
- UPC: 738329251871
- Shipping Weight: 0.13/lbs (approx)
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