
Hold Back The Night
War · Drama
Overview
A Marine officer goes through Korea with the bottle of Scotch that his wife gave him in the last war.
Top Cast


John Payne
John Payne
Capt. Sam McKenzie
John Payne
Capt. Sam McKenzie


Peter Graves
Peter Graves
Lt. Lee Couzens
Peter Graves
Lt. Lee Couzens


Mona Freeman
Mona Freeman
Anne Franklin McKenzie
Mona Freeman
Anne Franklin McKenzie


Chuck Connors
Chuck Connors
Sgt. Ekland
Chuck Connors
Sgt. Ekland


Audrey Dalton
Audrey Dalton
Kitty
Audrey Dalton
Kitty


Robert Nichols
Robert Nichols
Beany Smith
Robert Nichols
Beany Smith


Robert Easton
Robert Easton
Ackerman, a soldier
Robert Easton
Ackerman, a soldier


John Wilder
John Wilder
Tinker
John Wilder
Tinker
Stanley Cha
Stanley Cha
Kato
Stanley Cha
Kato
Nicky Blair
Nicky Blair
Papiro
Nicky Blair
Papiro
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