''Combat Squad'' is a 1953 American

war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle scenes means that war fi ...

directed by

Cy Roth ''Fire Maidens from Outer Space'' (US: ''Fire Maidens of Outer Space'') is a 1956 British independent film, independent black-and-white science fiction film, science fiction feature film. It was written, produced and directed by American filmma ...

and starring

John Ireland John Benjamin Ireland (January 30, 1914 – March 21, 1992) was a Canadian actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in ''All the King's Men'' (1949), making him the first Vancouver-born actor to receive an Oscar nomina ...

Lon McCallister Herbert Alonzo "Lon" McCallister Jr. (April 17, 1923 – June 11, 2005) was an American actor. According to one obituary, he was best known for "playing gentle, boyish young men from the country."Obituaries: LON MCCALLISTER Anonymous. Variety; ...

and

Hal March Hal March (born Harold Mendelson; April 22, 1920 – January 19, 1970) was an American comedian, actor, and television quiz show Master of ceremonies, emcee. Early career March entered show business as a straight man in the vaudeville act the ...

. It is set during the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

.Edwards p.63

Plot

Cast

as Sgt. Ken 'Fletch' Fletcher *

as Martin *

as Henry Gordon *

George E. Stone George E. Stone (born Gerschon Lichtenstein; May 18, 1903 – May 26, 1967) was a Polish-born American character actor in films, radio, and television. Life and career Stone was born Gerschon Lichtenstein in Łódź, Congress Poland, into ...

as Medic Brown *

Norman Leavitt Norman Turner Leavitt (December 1, 1913 – December 11, 2005) was an American film and television actor. Life and career Leavitt was born in Lansing, Michigan. He began his stage career in 1935, appearing as a wedding guest in the Broadway ...

as Fred Jones *

Myron Healey Myron Daniel Healey (June 8, 1923 – December 21, 2005) was an American actor. He began his career in Hollywood, California during the early 1940s and eventually made hundreds of appearances in movies and on television during a career sp ...

as Marley *

Don Haggerty Don Haggerty (July 3, 1914 – August 19, 1988) was an American actor of film and television. Early life and education Before he began appearing in films in 1947, Haggerty was a Brown University athlete and served in the United States Army f ...

as Sgt. Wiley * Tristram Coffin as Captain Johnson * David Holt as Garvin * Dick Fortune as Kenson * Robert Easton as Lewis * Jill Hollingsworth as Yvonne * Linda Danson as Anne * Neva Gilbert as Virginia * Eileen Howe as Patricia * Dirk Evans as Heroic GI *

Paul Keast Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...

as Colonel *

Bob Peoples Bob Peoples was an American powerlifter and farmer, known for breaking the record for world's heaviest deadlift. He first set the Light-heavyweight deadlift world record in 1946 lifting 651 lbs at a bodyweight of 175 lbs. He later beat his own ...

as Wounded GI

References

Bibliography

* Paul M. Edwards. ''A Guide to Films on the Korean War''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997.

External links

* 1953 films 1953 war films American war films Columbia Pictures films Korean War films Films scored by Paul Dunlap American black-and-white films 1950s English-language films Films directed by Cy Roth 1950s American films {{Korea-war-film-stub