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Battle Hymn: Directed by Douglas Sirk. With Rock Hudson, Martha Hyer, Dan Duryea, Don DeFore. A remorseful bomber pilot-turned-minister rejoins for the Korean War.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Douglas Sirk
- 1957-02-14
Battle Hymn is a film based on the autobiography of Dean Hess, a US Air Force pilot who helped orphans in the Korean War. The film stars Rock Hudson and Anna Kashfi, and was directed by Douglas Sirk.
battle hymn is a 1957 american war film directed by douglas sirk and starring rock hudson as colonel dean e. hess, a real-life united states air force fighter pilot…
- 108 min
- 1577
- Classix Cinema
A war drama about a minister who helps orphans in Korea and faces moral dilemmas. Starring Rock Hudson, Anna Kashfi, and Dan Duryea, directed by Douglas Sirk.
Haunted by a deadly mistake he made as a World War II bomber pilot, Reverend Dean Hess (Rock Hudson) re-enlists at the beginning of the Korean War despite the pleas of his faithful wife, Mary...
- War, History, Drama
- Rock Hudson
- Douglas Sirk
Battle Hymn. Screen legend Rock Hudson stars in this true story of a World War II bomber pilot who accidentally destroys a German orphanage during a bombing raid. 145 IMDb 6.3 1 h 48 min 1957. 13+. Drama · Historical · Military and War.
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Dean Hess, who entered the ministry to atone for bombing a German orphanage, decides he’s a failure at preaching. Rejoined to train pilots early in the Korean War, he finds Korean orphans raiding the airbase garbage. With a pretty Korean teacher, he sets up an orphanage for them and others.