Battle Circus

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1953
black & white
90 min.

Directed by Richard Brooks

Produced by Pandro S. Berman

Written by Richard Brooks, Laura Kerr, and Allen Rivkin

Cinematography by John Alton

Film editing by George Boemler

Music by Lennie Hayton

Art direction by James Basevi and Cedric Gibbons

Special effects by A. Arnold Gillespie

Recording supervised by Douglas Shearer

Set direction by Alfred E. Spencer and Edwin B. Willis

Makeup by William Tuttle

Technical advisers Lt. Mary Couch and Lt. Col. K. E. Van Buskirk
In the role of a Korean prisoner, Philip Ahn goes berserk in a medical tent and threatens to detonate a hand grenade.

Cast

  Humphrey Bogart Maj. Jed Webbe
  June Allyson Lt. Ruth McCara
  Keenan Wynn Sgt. Orville Statt
  Robert Keith Lt. Col. Hillary Whalters
  William Campbell Capt. John Rustford
  Perry Sheehan Lieutenant Lawrence
  Patricia Tieman Lt. Rose Ashland
  Adele Longmire Lt. Jane Franklin
  Jonathan Cott Adjutant
  Ann Morrison Lt. Edith Edwards
  Helen Winston Lieutenant Graciano
  Sarah Selby Captain Dobbs
  Danny Chang Korean child
  Philip Ahn Korean prisoner
  Steve Forrest Sergeant
  Jeff Richards Lieutenant
  Richard Simmons Captain Norson