Hold Back the Night

1956Movie⏱️ 1h 20m

DramaWar

⭐ 6.2

IMDB Rating

210 votes

A Marine officer tells his squad the story behind a bottle of liquor that he always keeps with him but never drinks from.

Director

Allan Dwan

Writers

Walter Doniger, Pat Frank, John C. Higgins

Stars

John Payne, Mona Freeman, Peter Graves

Release Date

July 29, 1956

Language

English

Country

United States

💬 8

Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

John Payne

as Capt. Sam McKenzie

Mona Freeman

as Anne Franklin McKenzie

Peter Graves

as Lt. Lee Couzens

Chuck Connors

as Sgt. Ekland

Audrey Dalton

as Kitty

Robert Nichols

as Beany Smith

John Wilder

as Tinker

Robert Easton

as Ackerman

👤

Stanley Cha

as Kato

Nicky Blair

as Papiro

🎬 Technical Specs

Color

Black and White

Filming Location

Pickel Meadows, California, USA

Production

Allied Artists Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

scotchbottlekorean waramerican officeru.s. marine corps

🎯 Categories

DramaWar

⭐ Featured Review

It's all about a bottle of Scotch.

by planktonrules • 2021-11-12

7/10

"John Payne stars as Captain McKenzie, a marine serving during the Korean War. He and his men are having a hard time, as the Chinese have just entered the war and are pushing the UN troops back because of their overwhelming numbers. During this time, McKenzie shows a bottle of Scotch to one of his sergeants and this bottle leads to a variety of flashback scenes set during WWII. Again and again, he planned on drinking the Scotch, but again and again he decided to wait for another day. This is a nice, gritty film that shows what it was often like for American troops during the Korean War. Well m..."