Combat Squad

Combat Squad
Directed by	Cy Roth
Written by	Wyott Ordung
Produced by	Jerry Thomas
Starring	John Ireland Lon McCallister Hal March
Cinematography	Charles Van Enger
Edited by	Harry W. Gerstad
Music by	Paul Dunlap
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	October 1, 1953 (1953-10-01)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Combat Squad is a 1953 American war film directed by Cy Roth and starring John Ireland, Lon McCallister and Hal March. It is set during the Korean War. ^[1]

Plot

Combat Squad (1953) charges into the chaos of the Korean War with gritty realism and old-school patriotic flair. John Ireland plays Sgt. Ken 'Fletch' Fletcher, a tough, battle-hardened leader trying to hold his ragtag unit together while facing relentless enemy fire and inner turmoil. Alongside him is Lon McCallister as the green but gutsy Pvt. Danny Collins, whose wide-eyed idealism gets put to the test. With tight action sequences, classic foxhole tension, and a focus on brotherhood under fire, this one’s a straight-up war drama built for fans of boots-on-the-ground heroism.

Cast

• John Ireland as Sgt. Ken 'Fletch' Fletcher
• Lon McCallister as Martin
• Hal March as Henry Gordon
• George E. Stone as Medic Brown
• Norman Leavitt as Fred Jones
• Myron Healey as Marley
• Don Haggerty as Sgt. Wiley
• Tristram Coffin as Captain Johnson
• David Holt as Garvin
• Dick Fortune as Kenson
• Robert Easton as Lewis
• Jill Hollingsworth as Yvonne
• Linda Danson as Anne
• Neva Gilbert as Virginia
• Eileen Howe as Patricia
• Dirk Evans as Heroic GI
• Paul Keast as Colonel
• Bob Peoples as Wounded GI

References

1. Edwards p.63

Bibliography

• Paul M. Edwards. A Guide to Films on the Korean War. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997.

External links

• Combat Squad at IMDb