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Kirk Douglas must choose between orders and conscience in this intense psychological drama costarring Nick Adams and Robert Walker, jr. in his screen debut. As the Korean War winds down, Sgt. Briscoe (Douglas) and his men (Adams and Walker, jr.) capture an enemy pilot (Enrique Magalona) who's just bombed a hospital and school. Ordered to execute the soldier, the three Americans come into conflict over the difference between killing a man in combat and shooting an unarmed prisoner of war. Based on the French novel L'Hamecon and directed by two-time Academy Award winner" George Seaton, The Hook also features a musical score composed and played by the legendary harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler.
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Movie Details
- Format
- DVD
- Encoding
- Region 1 (US & Canada)
- Rating
- G
- Originally Released
- 1963
- Runtime
- 1 hours, 37 minutes
- Label
- Warner
- Starring
- Kirk Douglas;Nick Adams
Manufactured on Demand
This film was released by studios as part of their MOD (Manufactured-On-Demand) line of releases. This is not a bootleg. In order to make the release of films with low sales demand possible, major studios like Universal, Sony, Warner, Paramount, Hallmark and 20th Century Fox have contracted with a distributor to provide manufactured-on-demand releases to consumers.