The Challenge

Name: The Challenge
Genre: War, Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1970-02-10
Duration: 1 h 14 min
Cast: Darren McGavin, Broderick Crawford, James Whitmore, Skip Homeier, Paul Lukas

1970Movie1 h 14 minPG

Drama

GoodGoodWatch score

6.9

GoodGoodWatch score

6.9

Summary

All-out war between the United States and an Asian country is averted when the two sides agree to settle their differences by each choosing a single soldier as champion and having the two men fight to the death on an isolated island.

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At a glance

Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 69GoodWatch 70
IMDb6.9
Running time
1 h 14 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 war movies, −44 min on the typical 118
typical 11874
Half of all war movies run 103–135 min.
Released
1970
February 10, 1970
56 years ago
Genres
WarDramaTV Movie
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- PGUnited States
20 of 20
Directing · 2
George McCowan Director
Joseph E. Rickards Assistant Director
Writing · 2
Marc Norman Writer
Arthur Semon Executive Story Editor
Production · 4
Jay Cipes Producer
Ed Palmer Producer
Jack Sonntag Production Supervisor
Mike Salamunovich Unit Production Manager
Camera · 1
John M. Nickolaus Jr. Director of Photography
Editing · 2
Stanford Tischler Editor
Joseph Gluck Editor
Sound · 2
Harry Geller Original Music Composer
Lionel Newman Music Supervisor
Art · 4
Bert Allen Set Decoration
Walter M. Scott Set Decoration
Jack Martin Smith Art Direction
Ed Graves Art Direction
Other crew · 2
L.B. Abbott Special Effects
Samuel E. Beetley Post Production Supervisor