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War Hunt

1962Movie1 h 23 min

57

DecentGoodWatch score

57

DecentGoodWatch score

Rotten Tomatoes

Summary

Dispatched to the front lines during the Korean War, an idealistic American soldier discovers the horrors of combat and comes at odds with a psychopathic member of his platoon.

Good for

Friends night
Thought-provoking
Adults

Skip it if

You need an uplifting mood
Graphic violence bothers you

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Fingerprint

Leaves you shaken.
Weighs on you.
Puts you on the battlefield.
Keeps you on edge.
Gets your pulse racing.

Not for warmth, laughs or comfort.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 54GoodWatch 57
IMDb6.3
Audience score45%
Running time
1 h 23 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −26 min on the typical 109
typical 10983
Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 8 more
Released
1962
May 1, 1962
64 years ago
Genres
DramaWar
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
ViolenceIntense
Gore, disturbing imagesMild
Frightening scenesMild
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-Provoking
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
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Directing · 3
Denis Sanders Director, Producer
Betty Crosby Script Supervisor
Jack Bohrer Assistant Director
Writing · 1
Stanford Whitmore Screenplay
Production · 2
Terry Sanders Producer
Noel Black Producer's Assistant
Camera · 3
Ted D. McCord Director of Photography
William Schurr Camera Operator
Charles Hannawalt Key Grip
Editing · 2
John Hoffman Editor
Eddie Dutko Assistant Editor
Sound · 4
Bud Shank Original Music Composer
John Mick Sound Effects Editor
Ken Wilhoit Music Editor
Roy Meadows Sound
Art · 3
Edgar Lansbury Art Direction
John Orlando Property Master
Vance Jonson Title Designer
Costume & Make-Up · 1
Frank Novak Wardrobe Supervisor
Lighting · 1
Lloyd Garnell Gaffer
Other crew · 1
Joe Lombardi Special Effects

Tropes

Tokyo RoseRare · in 31 titlesThe gang is sitting around camp listening to a radio, carrying a broadcast by a man who says in perfect, unaccented English that the Chinese army wants peace but greedy American capitalists are forci…Old Soldierin 319 titlesCrotty and Van Horn, unlike the wet-behind-the-ears Loomis.All 16 tropes

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