''Iron Angel'' is a 1964 American
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 ...
film co-produced, written and directed by Ken Kennedy. It was shot near
Phoenix, Arizona
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[p.75 Edwards, Paul M. ''A Guide to Films on the Korean War'' Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997]
Plot summary
A US Army truck convoy is halted by North Korean artillery fire. A Lieutenant is sent out to locate and destroy the enemy's artillery piece with a patrol of picked men including a sergeant the lieutenant feels is a coward. On the way they come across an unconscious US Army Nurse and her ambulance, nicknamed "the Iron Angel". The patrol uses the ambulance to attract the enemy's fire enabling the patrol to engage them.
Cast
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Jim Davis as Sergeant Walsh
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Don "Red" Barry
Donald Barry de Acosta (January 11, 1912 – July 17, 1980), also known as Red Barry and Milton Poimboeuf, was an American film and television actor. He was nicknamed "Red" after appearing as the first Red Ryder in the highly successful 19 ...
as "Reb"
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L. Q. Jones
Justus Ellis McQueen Jr. (August 19, 1927 – July 9, 2022), known professionally as L.Q. Jones, was an American actor and director. He appeared in Sam Peckinpah's films ''Ride the High Country'' (1962), ''Major Dundee'' (1965), ''The Wild Bunc ...
as "Buttons"
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Margo Woode
Margo Woode (April 20, 1928 – September 28, 2018) was an American actress, signed by 20th Century Fox
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as Nurse Lieutenant Laura Fleming
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Tristram Coffin as Captain
* R. Wayland Williams as Corporal Walker
* Dave Barker as Private Drake
* Joe Jenckes as Lieutenant Collins
* John Hirohata as Korean Officer
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1964 films
1964 drama films
American war drama films
American black-and-white films
Korean War films
Films about nurses
1960s English-language films
1960s American films
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