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64% Critic Match
Hold Back the Night
“In Frisco, Guadalcanal, Melbourne, Korea ... you'll hear about Capt. Sam MacKenzie ... and you'll hear it best from a woman !”
6.4 / 10• 1956• 1h 20m•NR• English
WarDrama
Storyline
A Marine officer goes through Korea with the bottle of Scotch that his wife gave him in the last war.
Cast & Crew
John Payne
Capt. Sam McKenzie
Lead
Peter Graves
Lt. Lee Couzens
Mona Freeman
Anne Franklin McKenzie
Chuck Connors
Sgt. Ekland
Audrey Dalton
Kitty
Robert Nichols
Beany Smith
Robert Easton
Ackerman, a soldier
John Wilder
Tinker
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Allan Dwan's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Hold Back the Night is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
