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All the Young Men

  • 1960
  • Approved
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
714
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All the Young Men (1960)
ActionDramaWar

During the Korean War, a platoon leader dies, leaving his inexperienced Black sergeant in charge of his squad of belligerent and racist white men.During the Korean War, a platoon leader dies, leaving his inexperienced Black sergeant in charge of his squad of belligerent and racist white men.During the Korean War, a platoon leader dies, leaving his inexperienced Black sergeant in charge of his squad of belligerent and racist white men.

  • Director
    • Hall Bartlett
  • Writer
    • Hall Bartlett
  • Stars
    • Alan Ladd
    • Sidney Poitier
    • James Darren
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    714
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Hall Bartlett
    • Writer
      • Hall Bartlett
    • Stars
      • Alan Ladd
      • Sidney Poitier
      • James Darren
    • 21User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Alan Ladd
    Alan Ladd
    • Sgt. Kincaid
    Sidney Poitier
    Sidney Poitier
    • Sgt. Eddie Towler
    James Darren
    James Darren
    • Pvt. Cotton
    Glenn Corbett
    Glenn Corbett
    • Pvt. Wade, Medic
    Mort Sahl
    Mort Sahl
    • Cpl. Crane
    Ana María Lynch
    Ana María Lynch
    • Maya
    • (as Ana St. Clair)
    Paul Richards
    Paul Richards
    • Pvt. Bracken
    Richard Davalos
    Richard Davalos
    • Pvt. Casey
    • (as Dick Davalos)
    Lee Kinsolving
    Lee Kinsolving
    • Pvt. Dean
    Joseph Gallison
    Joseph Gallison
    • Pvt. Jackson
    • (as Joe Gallison)
    Paul Baxley
    • Pvt. Lazitech
    Charles Quinlivan
    Charles Quinlivan
    • Lt. Earl D. Toland
    Michael Davis
    Michael Davis
    • Cho
    Mario Alcalde
    Mario Alcalde
    • Hunter
    Maria Tsien
    Maria Tsien
    • Korean Woman
    • (as Marie Tsien)
    Ingemar Johansson
    Ingemar Johansson
    • Pvt. Torgil
    Pat Colby
    Pat Colby
    • Marine
    • (uncredited)
    Steve Drexel
    • Marine
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Hall Bartlett
    • Writer
      • Hall Bartlett
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    8whitetail_deer

    Good movie about fighting in Korea

    I had a friend that fought in the Korean War as a combat soldier and he told me about one winter they had a 20yr snow (hip deep) and blistering cold in Korea and this movie reminded me of those kinds of conditions, many soldiers died in Korea but not only by the enemies bullets but also by freezing to death.

    Not a fast paced war movie like most people prefer because of the snow and it also has a racism content as it becomes clear from the beginning that not many like the character Sgt. Towler played by Sidney Poitier and that included Sgt. Kincaid played by Allan Ladd but over time they captured each others respect.

    I actually enjoyed the movie, true Poitier and Ladd carry the movie at times but IMO its not as bad as some might think based on the other review. Worth a watch IMO.
    7hitchcockthelegend

    Merry Christmas Tiger.

    During the Korean War, up in the snowy mountains, a marine platoon is attacked and their lieutenant is killed. But just before he dies he places the platoon sergeant, Eddie Towler, in charge. Towler is black and has to get his men to safety amidst racial tension and constant in fighting.

    All The Young Men is a Saturday afternoon time filler of a movie. Not brilliant, but certainly not bad. Sidney Poitier takes the lead role as Towler and gives it his usual guts and emotional thunder. Alongside Poitier is Alan Ladd, who at 47 was coming to the end of his career. Now if one can cast aside that Ladd was a bit old to be bombing around the snow laden mountains, then his interplay with Poitier is actually very good. It certainly gives the character's edge, and thus keeps the picture being the character driven piece it's meant to be.

    This is no stock war film with blitzkrieg battles and dirty dozen like shenanigans, this is men holed up in a mountain station forced to win the battles amongst themselves in order to win the war. Nicely shot in stark black and white on location at the Glacier National Park, Montana, All The Young Men is very much a mood piece. Odd then that the makers shoehorn in some light relief courtesy of Mort Sahl's Corporal Crane. It's not Sahl's fault of course, but it doesn't sit right in context with the story. It's as if someone said to director and writer Hall Bartlett, you can't make an overtly bleak mood piece, put some fun in there!

    Still this was one I had a real good time with, partly because of its two lead actors and partly because of the locale. It's recommended on proviso that you expect character over action, oh yes sir. 7/10
    yenlo

    Was this an action or anti-war film?

    It seems that most war films about the Korean War during the time this one was made struggled to get their message across. They wanted to show action like all war pictures but also wanted to convey an anti-war message without being openly blatant about it. This picture while often times sluggish has some good moments in it. Comedian Mort Sahl gets a scene where he's allowed to do what he does best, semi-sarcastic comedy. All in all it's not an overly bad war film but it's not one of the better ones either. Former heavyweight champion Ingemar Johansson who hailed from Sweden has a role in this movie.
    searchanddestroy-1

    When Hal Bartlett was still a good director

    Yes, folks, before he lost his soul in Disney garbage junk, as James Neilson, James B Clark, or Robert Stevenson, Hal Bartlett was a damn good director, a promising film maker, and this gritty, tough war movie - speaking of the Korean conflict - is the best proof, with a Sidney Poitier in a terrific performance, during a period when civic rights for Black people were at stake. I guess this is an underrated war film, which scheme is in the same line of THE LOST PATROL, but I admit that many war films were too. War movies and not war dramas where you can have some romance behind the front line with a female character. Here, you have only one supporting female, that's all. Unfortunately the ending is a bit lousy, ankward to me. I am sure Bob Aldrich, who could have been in charge for such a film, would have given us something totally different. Despite its quality, this movie can be seen as a didactic message. Such a shame.
    5MOscarbradley

    Passable war movie from 1960

    "All the Young Men" is a Korean war movie that finds an aging Alan Ladd and an up-and-coming Sidney Poitier leading a platoon of soldiers into a snow-bound Korean pass where they have to hold a farm-house against all the odds. It's not a bad film, just a rather formulaic one full of stock characters yet it's even quite exciting at times. The writer/producer/director was Hal Bartlett, a B-Movie stalwart of the period who liked to tackle 'difficult' issues, a kind of poor man's Sam Fuller, (Poitier's presence here ensures racism rears its ugly head). The first-rate black and white photography was by Daniel L Fapp who was to win the Oscar a year later for his work on "West Side Story".

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    • Trivia
      Only Columbia Pictures would finance this film, but they insisted that Writer and Director Hall Bartlett re-write the film for a white co-star. Alan Ladd was the only major star willing to do the film, which he co-produced.
    • Goofs
      In the first Battle at the farm house, the marines kill about 30 North Korean soldiers, yet later, there is not one dead body on the ground.
    • Connections
      Featured in Med krut i nävarna (1969)
    • Soundtracks
      All The Young Men
      Music by George Duning

      Lyrics by Stanley Styne

      Sung by James Darren (uncredited)

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    • Release date
      • August 26, 1960 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • All the Fine Young Men
    • Filming locations
      • Timberline Lodge, Mount Hood, Oregon, USA
    • Production companies
      • Jaguar Productions
      • Ladd Enterprises
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 27m(87 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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