Year: 1956
Runtime: 80 mins
Language: English
Director: Allan Dwan
The story jumps from San Francisco to Guadalcanal, Melbourne and finally Korea, where the legend of Capt. Sam MacKenzie is recounted—most compellingly by a woman. Marine lieutenant John Payne (John Payne) fights his way through Korea carrying a bottle of Scotch his wife (Mona Freeman) gave him in the previous war.
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