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Bookmark this pageWar Hunt (1961)
Director: Denis Sanders
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From Time Out Film Guide
Frontline Korea, 1953. Infantryman Saxon slips out into no man's land each night on throat-cutting expeditions. His CO turns a blind eye to the presence of a psychopath in his company (and to Saxon's equivocal relationship with an eight-year-old orphan) because of the vital intelligence he brings back. The premise of this independent production - psychopaths often make effective soldiers - is too simple-minded to bear much discussion. Nevertheless, it's intriguingly cast, resourcefully shot and full of memorable bits and pieces: uncertainty as to how to mark the armistice ('I guess we should shake hands'), the weird, ritualistic dance in the moonlight, which Saxon performs over the bodies of his victims.Author: BBa
Cast & crew
Director: Denis Sanders
Producer: Terry Sanders
Cast: John Saxon, Robert Redford, Sydney Pollack, Charles Aidman, Tom Skerritt, Anthony Ray, Francis Ford Coppola full cast
Genre(s): War
Duration: 83 mins
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