It's an AIP release...so adjust your expectations accordingly.

Some American International Pictures films were pretty good, but good or bad (and often bad) the movies all have one thing in common...incredibly low budgets. So, when I saw they made a movie set during the Korean War I assumed it would be made on the cheap...with stock footage, no-name actors and the like. While a couple of the actors is a 'namer', at the time Frank Gorshin and BarBra Luna were pretty much unknown. Another familiar name but NOT familiar face is Edward G. Robinson Jr....and I had no idea that the famous actor's son was also an actor, though he only made about a half dozen movies.

The story is about a group of men who man a tank. Additionally, they spend a LOT of their time chasing women and talking...lots and lots of talking.

So is this any good? No. It's pretty much what I expected...with a poor use of stock footage, bad dialog and acting that is just okay. It also features an M-41 Walker Bulldog tank that in one scene turns into a Sherman tank! Yes, the editing was that bad. Overall, a cheap and bad film. It's sad because a Korean War film CAN be made on the cheap and still be excellent...such as with "The Steel Helmet" by Samuel Fuller.

By the way, early in the film after a damaged tank limps back to the base, you see a sergeant kissing a nurse who is a lieutenant...right in front of another officer. Well, a sergeant is an enlisted man and is NOT allowed to kiss or have any sort of relationship with any officer...and the lieutenant is an officer. It was observed by a captain...and later he said he didn't like the fraternization...when he COULD have had both parties arrested or put on report. I cannot imagine the rule not existing in this war and such a relationship is definitely forbidden and subject to punishment for both parties. I'm not a military expert but recognized this and then double-checked to be sure it was a mistake...which it was. And, since this was a major plot element...it sure didn't help the film any.

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