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Hell's Horizon: Directed by Tom Gries. With John Ireland, Marla English, Bill Williams, Hugh Beaumont. Interaction among men of a bombing squadron during the Korean War.
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- Action, Drama, Romance
- Tom Gries
- 1955-12
Hell's Horizon is a 1955 American war film directed by Tom Gries. The film stars John Ireland and Marla English. Hell's Horizon recounts the story of a bomber crew in the Korean War . Plot. During the Korean War, United States Air Force Captain John Merrill (John Ireland) is the pilot of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber.
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Oct 15, 2018 · 1h 20min | Drama , War | December 1955 (USA)Interaction among men of a bombing squad in the Korean War.
- 79 min
- 430.4K
- Rob W
Genre. Drama. War. Release Date. Dec 1955. Premiere Information. not available. Production Company. Gravis Productions, Inc.
- Tom Gries, Bill Calihan
- John Ireland
U.S. Air Force Captain John Merrill, an unlikeable Korean War bomber pilot,w ho together with co-pilot Paul Kenkins (Bill Williams) take off from Okinawa to bomb a strategic bridge over the Yalu River. They accomplish their mission , and return to base and crash-lands on an empty tank.
Set in 1952, at a point when the United States was bogged down in the "police action," Hell's Horizon focuses on one crew of a B-29, given the unenviable assignment of knocking out a bridge vital to the enemy over the Yalu River.
