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A Yank in Korea

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A Yank in Korea

Directed by	Lew Landers
Screenplay by	William Sackheim
Story by	Leo Lieberman
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Starring	Lon McCallister
Cinematography	William P. Whitley
Edited by	Edwin H. Bryant
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	February 14, 1951 (1951-02-14)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

A Yank in Korea is a 1951 American war film directed by Lew Landers and starring Lon McCallister. It was one of the first films about the Korean War.^[1]

Plot[edit]

A tough sergeant has to teach a hotshot young soldier how to be a team player.

Cast[edit]

Lon McCallister as Andy Smith
William 'Bill' Phillips as Sgt. Kirby
Brett King as Milo Pagano
Larry Stewart as Sollie Kaplan
William Tannen as L.t. Lewis
Tommy Farrell as Jinx Hamition
Norman Wayne as Stan Howser
Rusty Wescoatt as Sgt. Hutton
William Haade as Cpl. Jawolski

References[edit]

^ "Sam Katzman: He Makes The Serials". The Sunday Herald (Sydney). No. 243. New South Wales, Australia. 20 September 1953. p. 15. Retrieved 8 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

External links[edit]

A Yank in KoreaatIMDb
A Yank in Korea at the TCM Movie Database
Review of film at Variety

Films directed by Lew Landers

The Vanishing Shadow (1934)
The Red Rider (1934)
Tailspin Tommy (1934)
Rustlers of Red Dog (1935)
The Call of the Savage (1935)
The Raven (1935)
Stormy (1935)
Parole! (1936)
Night Waitress (1936)
You Can't Buy Luck (1937)
Border Cafe (1937)
Danger Patrol (1937)
Flight from Glory (1937)
The Man Who Found Himself (1937)
They Wanted to Marry (1937)
Crashing Hollywood (1938)
Condemned Women (1938)
Law of the Underworld (1938)
Blind Alibi (1938)
Smashing the Rackets (1938)
Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)
Double Danger (1938)
Twelve Crowded Hours (1939)
Bad Lands (1939)
Fixer Dugan (1939)
The Girl and the Gambler (1939)
Conspiracy (1939)
Enemy Agent (1940)
Honeymoon Deferred (1940)
Ski Patrol (1940)
La Conga Nights (1940)
Wagons Westward (1940)
Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (1940)
Girl from Havana (1940)
Slightly Tempted (1940)
Ridin' on a Rainbow (1941)
The Singing Hill (1941)
Lucky Devils (1941)
I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island (1941)
Mystery Ship (1941)
The Stork Pays Off (1941)
Harvard, Here I Come (1941)
Cadets on Parade (1942)
Canal Zone (1942)
Alias Boston Blackie (1942)
Stand By All Networks (1942)
Junior Army (1942)
Not a Ladies' Man (1942)
Atlantic Convoy (1942)
The Man Who Returned to Life (1942)
Sabotage Squad (1942)
Smith of Minnesota (1942)
The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
Submarine Raider (1942)
Doughboys in Ireland (1943)
Murder in Times Square (1943)
Power of the Press (1943)
After Midnight with Boston Blackie (1943)
Redhead from Manhattan (1943)
The Return of the Vampire (1943)
U-Boat Prisoner (1944)
Cowboy Canteen (1944)
The Ghost That Walks Alone (1944)
Two-Man Submarine (1944)
Swing in the Saddle (1944)
Black Arrow (1944)
I'm from Arkansas (1944)
The Black Parachute (1944)
Stars on Parade (1944)
Crime, Inc. (1945)
Secrets of a Sorority Girl (1945)
Arson Squad (1945)
Shadow of Terror (1945)
The Enchanted Forest (1945)
Follow That Woman (1945)
Death Valley (1946)
The Mask of Diijon (1946)
Hot Cargo (1946)
The Truth About Murder (1946)
Devil Ship (1947)
The Son of Rusty (1947)
Danger Street (1947)
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947)
Inner Sanctum (1948)
My Dog Rusty (1948)
Law of the Barbary Coast (1949)
Air Hostess (1949)
Stagecoach Kid (1949)
Tyrant of the Sea (1950)
Beauty on Parade (1950)
Blue Blood (1951)
Jungle Manhunt (1951)
The Big Gusher (1951)
When the Redskins Rode (1951)
A Yank in Korea (1951)
The Magic Carpet (1951)
Aladdin and His Lamp (1952)
Adventures of Gallant Bess (1952)
Arctic Flight (1952)
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952)
California Conquest (1952)
Torpedo Alley (1952)
Man in the Dark (1953)
Run for the Hills (1953)
Tangier Incident (1953)
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953)
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954)
The Cruel Tower (1956)
Hot Rod Gang (1958)

Films produced by Sam Katzman

Showmen's/
Screencraft

His Private Secretary (1933)
Police Call (1933)
Ship of Wanted Men (1933)
Public Stenographer (1934)
The Moth (1934)
The Big Race (1934)
St. Louis Woman (1934)

Supreme

A Demon for Trouble (1934)
Western Justice (1934)
The Brand of Hate (1934)
Smokey Smith (1935)
Tombstone Terror (1935)
Trail of Terror (1935)
Alias John Law (1935)
Big Calibre (1935)
Sundown Saunders (1935)
Brand of the Outlaws (1936)
The Kid Ranger (1936)

Victory

Peter B. Kyne	Danger Ahead (1935) Hot Off the Press (1935) Bars of Hate (1935) The Fighting Coward (1935) Taming the Wild (1936) aka Madcap A Face in the Fog (1936) Rio Grande Romance (1936) Kelly of the Secret Service (1936)
Tom Tyler	Rip Roarin' Buckaroo (1936) The Phantom of the Range (1936) Orphan of the Pecos (1937) (also d) Brothers of the West (1937) (also d) Cheyenne Rides Again (1937) Lost Ranch (1937) (also d) Mystery Range (1937) Feud of the Trail (1937)
Serials	Shadow of Chinatown (1936) Blake of Scotland Yard (1937)
Herman Brix	Two Minutes to Play (1936) Silks and Saddles (1936) Amateur Crook (1937) (also d) Flying Fists (1937) Million Dollar Racket (1937) Sky Racket (1937) (also d)
Tim McCoy	Six-Gun Trail (1938) Lightning Carson Rides Again (1938) Texas Wildcats (1939) Code of the Cactus (1939) Outlaws' Paradise (1939) Trigger Fingers (1939) The Fighting Renegade (1939) Straight Shooter (1939)

Puritan

The Rogues' Tavern (1936)

Monogram

East Side Kids	East Side Kids (1940) Boys of the City (1940) That Gang of Mine (1940) Pride of the Bowery (1941) Flying Wild (1941) Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941) Spooks Run Wild (1941) Mr. Wise Guy (1942) Let's Get Tough! (1942) Smart Alecks (1942) 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942) Kid Dynamite (1942) Clancy Street Boys (1942) Ghosts on the Loose (1943) Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943) Million Dollar Kid (1943) Follow the Leader (1944) Block Busters (1944) Bowery Champs (1944) Docks of New York (1945) Mr. Muggs Rides Again (1945) Come Out Fighting (1945)
Bela Lugosi	Invisible Ghost (1941) Bowery at Midnight (1942) The Corpse Vanishes (1942) Black Dragons (1942) The Ape Man (1943) Voodoo Man (1944) Return of the Ape Man (1944)
Musicals	Zis Boom Bah (1942)
Billy Gilbert	Spotlight Scandals (1943) Crazy Knights (1944) Three of a Kind (1944) Trouble Chasers (1945)
The Teen-Agers	Junior Prom (1946) Freddie Steps Out (1946) High School Hero (1946) Vacation Days (1947)

Columbia

Serials	Who's Guilty? (1945) Jungle Raiders (1945) Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945) Hop Harrigan (1946) Chick Carter, Detective (1946) Son of the Guardsman (1946) Jack Armstrong (1947) The Vigilante (1947) The Sea Hound (1947) Brick Bradford (1947) Congo Bill (1948) Tex Granger (1948) Superman (1948) Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949) Batman and Robin (1949) Bruce Gentry – Daredevil of the Skies (1949) Pirates of the High Seas (1950) Atom Man vs. Superman (1950) Cody of the Pony Express (1950) Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (1951) The Mysterious Island (1951) Roar of the Iron Horse (1951) Son of Geronimo (1952) Blackhawk (1952) The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953) The Lost Planet (1953) Riding with Buffalo Bill (1954) Gunfighters of the Northwest (1954) Adventures of Captain Africa Mighty Jungle Avenger! (1955) Perils of the Wilderness (1956) Blazing the Overland Trail (1956)
Jean Porter	Betty Co-Ed (1946) Little Miss Broadway (1947) Sweet Genevieve (1947) Two Blondes and a Redhead (1947)
Jon Hall	Last of the Redskins (1947) The Prince of Thieves (1948) The Mutineers (1949) Hurricane Island (1951) When the Redskins Rode (1951) Brave Warrior (1952) Last Train from Bombay (1952)
Jungle Jim	Jungle Jim (1948) The Lost Tribe (1949) Mark of the Gorilla (1950) Captive Girl (1950) Pygmy Island (1950) Fury of the Congo (1951) Jungle Manhunt (1951) Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952) Voodoo Tiger (1952) Savage Mutiny (1953) Valley of the Head Hunters (1953) Killer Ape (1953) Jungle Man-Eaters (1954) Cannibal Attack (1954) Jungle Moon Men (1955) Devil Goddess (1956)
Gloria Henry	Racing Luck (1948) Triple Threat (1948)
Gloria Jean	I Surrender Dear (1948) Manhattan Angel (1949)
Musical	Mary Lou (1948) Glamour Girl (1948)
Crime	Chinatown at Midnight (1949) State Penitentiary (1950) Revenue Agent (1950) Chain Gang (1950) The Miami Story (1954) Chicago Syndicate (1955) The Crooked Web (1955) Inside Detroit (1955) Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955) Miami Exposé (1956) Rumble on the Docks (1956) Escape from San Quentin (1957) The Tijuana Story (1957) The World Was His Jury (1958)
William Castle	Serpent of the Nile (1953) Fort Ti (1953) Slaves of Babylon (1953) Conquest of Cochise (1953) The Law vs. Billy the Kid (1954) Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954) Masterson of Kansas (1954) The Battle of Rogue River (1954) Charge of the Lancers (1954) Drums of Tahiti (1954) The Saracen Blade (1954) The Iron Glove (1954) Duel on the Mississippi (1955) The Gun That Won the West (1955) New Orleans Uncensored (1955) Uranium Boom (1956) The Houston Story (1956)
Action	Barbary Pirate (1949) The Mutineers (1949) Last of the Buccaneers (1950) Tyrant of the Sea (1950) The Magic Carpet (1951) The Golden Hawk (1952) Thief of Damascus (1952) Prisoners of the Casbah (1953) Flame of Calcutta (1953) Siren of Bagdad (1953) Prince of Pirates (1953) Target Hong Kong (1953) The 49th Man (1953) Pirates of Tripoli (1955) Crash Landing (1958)
War	Purple Heart Diary (1951) A Yank in Korea (1951) The Pathfinder (1952) A Yank in Indo-China (1952) Sky Commando (1953) Mission Over Korea (1953) The Last Blitzkrieg (1959) The Enemy General (1960)
Western	California Conquest (1952) Jack McCall, Desperado (1953) Seminole Uprising (1955) Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado (1956) Utah Blaine (1957) The Wild Westerners (1962)
Sci-fi	Creature with the Atom Brain (1955) It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) The Werewolf (1956) The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957) The Giant Claw (1957) Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) The Night the World Exploded (1957) Lock Up Your Daughters (1959)
Rock Musical	Rock Around the Clock (1956) Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (1956) Calypso Heat Wave (1957) Don't Knock the Rock (1957) Juke Box Rhythm (1959) Twist Around the Clock (1961) Don't Knock the Twist (1961)
Drama	Going Steady (1958) Life Begins at 17 (1958) The Flying Fontaines (1959) The Love-Ins (1967) For Singles Only (1968)

Fox

Pirates of Tortuga (1961)
The Wizard of Baghdad (1961)

Tallahassee 7000 (1961)

MGM

Musicals

Non-musical

Hot Rods to Hell (1967)
Riot on Sunset Strip (1967) (sold to AIP)
The Young Runaways (1968)

Other

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