About Fred Topel Expertise I already know the answers to most questions about action movies, including the Hong Kong scene. Anything I don`t know, I can look up.
Experience I graduated film school and I'm currently a journalist in Los Angeles. I host the About.com Action/Adventure Movies channel and have studied the genre most of my life.
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Expert: Fred Topel Date: 5/29/2001 Subject: war movies- korean war
Question Is there not one serious movie made about soldiers in the korean war conflict?
Other than M.A.S.H. are there any movies that have a korean war backdrop?
Answer The IMDB lists 28 movies with the keyword "korean-war." They are:
"Korean War: Fire and Ice, The" (1999) (mini) TV Series
"M*A*S*H" (1972) TV Series
All the Young Men (1960) 6.0/10 (36 votes)
Bamboo Prison, The (1954) 6.6/10 (5 votes)
Battle Circus (1953) 5.2/10 (60 votes)
Battle Hymn (1957) 6.1/10 (60 votes)
Bridges at Toko-Ri, The (1954) 6.8/10 (237 votes)
Cease Fire (1953) 7.4/10 (7 votes)
Collision Course (1975) (TV)
Crèvecoeur (1956)
...aka Heartbreak Ridge (1956)
Fixed Bayonets (1951) 7.5/10 (34 votes)
Glory Brigade, The (1953) 6.5/10 (19 votes)
Heartbreak Ridge (1986) 6.0/10 (1171 votes)
Inchon (1982) 2.6/10 (32 votes)
M*A*S*H: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen (1983) (TV) 7.9/10 (220 votes)
Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) 8.4/10 (4961 votes)
MASH (1970) 7.8/10 (6253 votes)
...aka M*A*S*H (1970)
McConnell Story, The (1955) 6.1/10 (44 votes)
...aka Tiger in the Sky (1955) (UK)
Men in War (1957) 6.7/10 (73 votes)
Men of the Fighting Lady (1954) 6.7/10 (26 votes)
...aka Panther Squadron (1954)
Nun and the Sergeant, The (1962)
Pork Chop Hill (1959) 7.1/10 (139 votes)
Rack, The (1956) 6.3/10 (48 votes)
Retreat, Hell! (1952) 6.6/10 (16 votes)
...aka We Came Out Fighting (1952) (USA)
...aka You Can't Stop the Marines (1952) (USA)
Steel Helmet, The (1951) 7.7/10 (102 votes)
Time Limit (1957) 7.7/10 (17 votes)
War Hunt (1962) 8.3/10 (25 votes)
War Is Hell (1963)
Manchurian Candidate certainly qualifies as a serious quality movie.
