The Hook (1963)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama, War
Release: 1963-02-15
Director: George Seaton
Writers: Henry Denker , Vahé Katcha
Language: English | Korean | Hebrew
Stars: Kirk Douglas , Robert Walker Jr. , Nick Adams , Pancho Magalona , Nehemiah Persoff , Frank Richards , Barnaby Hale , John Alderson , Anders Andelius , Mark Miller
Runtime: 98 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Männer hart wie Eisen (Austria) , L'Uncino (Italy) , Loukku (Finland) , Silencio de muerte (Spain) , Un homme doit mourir (France, French Republic) , The Hook (United States of America) , El precio de la venganza (Mexico) , Um homem deve morrer (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Någon måste döda (Sweden) , O Gancho (Brazil) , Aftos pou prepei na pethani (Greece) , Sede de Vingança (Brazil) , The Hook , Krogen (Denmark) , The Hook (Canada) , A csapda (Hungary) , Крюк , Kroken (Norway) , Carligul (Romania) , Un homme doit mourir (Canada) , Männer - hart wie Eisen , 零下の敵 (Japan) , The Hook (United Kingdom) , The Hook (Poland)
Plot: During an evacuation in the waning days of the Korean War, three American soldiers retrieve an enemy airman and take him prisoner aboard the civilian ship returning them to their lines. When an order comes down from their superiors to kill the prisoner, the sergeant in charge, Briscoe, orders his men, Dennison and Hackett, to carry out the execution. But first one and then the other refuse to follow the order. A tense stand-off ensues between the seemingly heartless sergeant and his conscience-stricken men.
IMDB:tt0057152