Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.

Gregory Peck
as Lt. Joe Clemons

Harry Guardino
as PFC. Forstman

Rip Torn
as Lt. Walter Russell

George Peppard
as Cpl. Chuck Fedderson

Carl Benton Reid
as American Admiral

James Edwards
as Cpl. Jurgens

Bob Steele
as Col. Kern

Woody Strode
as Pvt. Franklen

George Shibata
as Lt. Suki Ohashi

Norman Fell
as S/Sgt. Coleman