All the Young Men (1960)

All the Young Men (1960). 1h 27m | Approved

“u0026quot;All the Young Menu0026quot; is a Korean war movie that finds an aging Alan Ladd and an up-and-coming Sidney Poitier leading a platoon of soldiers into a snow-bound Korean pass where they have to hold a farm-house against all the odds. Itu0026#39;s not a bad film, just a rather formulaic one full of stock characters yet itu0026#39;s even quite exciting at times. The writer/producer/director was Hal Bartlett, a B-Movie stalwart of the period who liked to tackle u0026#39;difficultu0026#39; issues, a kind of poor manu0026#39;s Sam Fuller, (Poitieru0026#39;s presence here ensures racism rears its ugly head). The first-rate black and white photography was by Daniel L Fapp who was to win the Oscar a year later for his work on u0026quot;West Side Storyu0026quot;.”