Directed by:
Douglas SirkCinematography:
Russell MettyComposer:
Frank SkinnerCast:
Rock Hudson, Dan Duryea, Anna Kashfi, Martha Hyer, James Edwards, Jock Mahoney, Alan Hale Jr., William Hudson, James Hong, Paul Sorensen, Teru Shimada (more)Plots(1)
Rock Hudson gives a perfect performance as Colonel Dean Hess, a World War II pilot who launches an air attack that inadvertently obliterates a German orphanage. After the war, Hess becomes a minister and tries desperately to deal with the guilt he retains from the bombing. When the Korean War erupts, Hess learns about hundreds of Korean children left orphaned by the fighting and reenlists. He flies missions and trains pilots and, hoping for redemption, founds an orphanage. Director Douglas Sirk, much as he did with an earlier Hudson vehicle, MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION, crafts a riveting, poignant melodrama around the themes of guilt and redemption. BATTLE HYMN, steeped in choral music and illuminated by epic production values, features Korean orphans flown in to Universal Studios to play themselves. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Rock Hudson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/457/164457242_655f84.png)
Rock Hudson
USA
Best movies:
Giant (1956)
Winchester '73 (1950)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
![Dan Duryea](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271499_4eefb0.jpg)
Dan Duryea
USA
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Ball of Fire (1941)
![Anna Kashfi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/642/160642063_6473a3.jpg)
Anna Kashfi
UK
Best movies:
The Mountain (1956)
Cowboy (1958)
![Martha Hyer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/087/162087136_d07a3f.jpg)
Martha Hyer
USA
Best movies:
Sabrina (1954)
The Chase (1966)
Born to Kill (1947)
![James Edwards](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/188/160188520_263522.jpg)
James Edwards
USA
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
Patton (1970)
The Set-Up (1949)
![Jock Mahoney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/510/161510199_c5ad4b.jpg)
Jock Mahoney
USA
Best movies:
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
Joe Dakota (1957)
Bandolero! (1968)
![Alan Hale Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426701_78f1a7.jpg)
Alan Hale Jr.
USA
Best movies:
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
The Gunfighter (1950)
Dive Bomber (1941)
![William Hudson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576526_2d4587.jpg)
William Hudson
USA
Best movies:
Band of Angels (1957)
Airport (1970)
Objective, Burma! (1945)
![James Hong](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/482/166482425_fdb6a5.jpg)
James Hong
USA
Best movies:
Mulan (1998)
Chinatown (1974)
Brotherhood of the Rose (1989) (series)
Paul Sorensen
USA
Best movies:
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1968)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Executive Action (1973)
![Teru Shimada](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/126/158126128_95b2b1.jpg)
Teru Shimada
Japan
Best movies:
King Rat (1965)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Run Silent Run Deep (1958)
![Carleton Young](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505372_4f1ff2.jpg)
Carleton Young
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Spartacus (1960)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
![Don DeFore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/408/159408626_4cf125.jpg)
Don DeFore
USA
Best movies:
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
![Carl Benton Reid](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162693_f1ea3b.jpg)
Carl Benton Reid
USA
Best movies:
Pressure Point (1962)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
The Little Foxes (1941)
![Robert Brubaker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/228/159228348_495d83.jpg)
Robert Brubaker
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
One Man Mutiny (1955)
Airport (1970)
Kenneth MacDonald
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Brute Force (1947)
The Jayhawkers (1959)
![Richard Loo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/933/159933559_8bebfa.gif)
Richard Loo
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
After the Thin Man (1936)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
![Steve Pendleton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/946/159946562_55ec07.gif)
Steve Pendleton
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Philip Ahn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/288/161288200_29b36e.jpg)
Philip Ahn
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
![Simon Scott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/961/159961472_01b0a3.jpg)
Simon Scott
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Compulsion (1959)
The Honeymoon Machine (1961)