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Battle Hymn is a 1957 American war film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Rock Hudson as Lieutenant Colonel Dean E. Hess, a real-life United States Air Force fighter pilot in the Korean War who helped evacuate several hundred war orphans to safety. The cast also includes Anna Kashfi, Dan Duryea, Don DeFore, Philip Ahn, and Martha Hyer.
Throughout his early and mid acting career, Edwards portrayed African American soldiers, playing such characters in Home of the Brave (1949), The Steel Helmet (1951), Bright Victory (1951), Battle Hymn (1957), Men in War (1957), Blood and Steel (1959), and Pork Chop Hill (1959) as well as an uncredited Messman in The Caine Mutiny. (1954).
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Battle Hymn may refer to: Battle Hymn (1957), directed by Douglas Sirk; Battle Hymn, by B. Clay Moore and Jeremy Haun "Battle Hymn" (Manowar song) (1982), from Manowar's album Battle Hymns "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" (1861), popularized during the American Civil War "The Battle Hymn of the Reformation" (1527–1529), by Martin Luther
Sirk briefly returned to Germany after the war ended, but returned to the U.S. and established his reputation with a series of lush, colorful melodramas for Universal-International Pictures from 1952 to 1959: Magnificent Obsession (1954), All That Heaven Allows (1955), Written on the Wind (1956), Battle Hymn (1957), The Tarnished Angels (1957 ...
The life story of the military consultant on the film, Colonel Dean Hess, was the subject of Battle Hymn (1957), directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Rock Hudson. [7] The role that Colonel Hess played in training of the South Korean Air Force pilots was similar to that portrayed in Dragonfly Squadron. [1]
There were many powerful moments throughout the service, but one moment has had people talking -- Bush's dance moves during "Battle Hymn of the Republic." George W. Bush turns heads at Dallas ...
He was cast in his first television role as the deputy-turned-bandit Billy Stiles in the 1954-1955 syndicated Stories of the Century, a western series starring and narrated by Jim Davis. [ 1 ] One of Sorensen's best known characters was a recurring role as Andy Bradley, a member of an oil cartel , on Dallas . [ 1 ]