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Hold Back The Night
Hold Back The Night

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 !

Genres

WarDrama

OverView

A Marine officer (John Payne) goes through Korea with the bottle of Scotch that his wife (Mona Freeman) gave him in the last war.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

80 mins

Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

29 July 1956

Country

United States of America

Cast

John Payne

John Payne

Capt. Sam McKenzie

Peter Graves

Peter Graves

Lt. Lee Couzens

Mona Freeman

Mona Freeman

Anne Franklin McKenzie

Chuck Connors

Chuck Connors

Sgt. Ekland

Audrey Dalton

Audrey Dalton

Kitty

Robert Nichols

Robert Nichols

Beany Smith

Robert Easton

Robert Easton

Ackerman, a soldier

John Wilder

John Wilder

Tinker

Stanley Cha

Stanley Cha

Kato

Nicky Blair

Nicky Blair

Papiro

John Craven

John Craven

Maj. Bob MacKay

Nelson Leigh

Nelson Leigh

Lt. Col. Toomey

Don Kelly

Don Kelly

Marine (uncredited)

Lee Rhodes

Lee Rhodes

Corsair Pilot (uncredited)

James Westmoreland

James Westmoreland

Radio Operator (uncredited)

Loren Janes

Loren Janes

Lt. Bishop (uncredited)

Tom Irish

Tom Irish

Gordon (uncredited)

Rankin Mansfield

Rankin Mansfield

Minister (uncredited)

Steve Rowland

Steve Rowland

Marine (uncredited)

Morgan Jones

Morgan Jones

Carson

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