Major Harry Cargill (Richard Basehart) was the highest ranking American officer while being held in a North Korean prisoner of war camp. His fellow prisoners admired him and considered him unbreakable until the day he became a collaborator, spreading anti-American, pro-Communist propaganda not only in the camp but over radio broadcasts. Later, liberated from the camp, Cargill faces the possibility of court martial for treason. But first an Army investigator, Col. Edwards (Richard Widmark), must make a recommendation for or against court martial. And Edwards suspects there's more to the story than he's been told. What could possibly make a man suddenly betray his country? What pressure was applied to Cargill in the camp to cause him to break?
It's a deeply serious film not just about war but about patriotism, idealism, and the ways in which war inevitably strips soldiers of parts of their humanity.
Director: Karl Malden
Cast: Richard Widmark, Richard Basehart, Dolores Michaels, Rip Torn
Country: USA
Genre: Drama, War
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