1960
| Director | Hall Bartlett |
| Producer | Hall Bartlett |
| Production Company | Jaguar Productions, Ladd Enterprises |
| Release Date | August 26th, 1960 |
| Cast | Alan Ladd (Private Kincaid), Sidney Poitier (Sgt. Eddie Towler), James Darren (Private Cotton), Glenn Corbett (Hospital Corpsman Wade), Mort Sahl (Corporal Cran), Ana María Lynch (Maya), Paul Richards (Private Bracken), Richard Davalos (Private Casey), Lee Kinsolving (Private Dean), Joseph Gallison (Private Jackson), Paul Baxley (Private Lazitech), Charles Quinlivan (Lt. Earl D. Toland), Michael Davis (Cho), Mario Alcalde (Hunter), Maria McClay (Korean Woman), Ingemar Johansson (Private Torgil) |
All the Young Men is a Korean War feature film dealing with desegregation in the United States Marine Corps. The inimitable Sidney Poitier plays Eddie Towler, a sergeant unexpectedly placed in command of the survivors of a platoon in the Korean War. The film explores the racial integration of the American military, centering on the African-American sergeant’s struggle to win the trust and respect of the men in his unit
With their radio not working, Towler leads ten healthy survivors and a badly wounded Private Casey on a stretcher to their objective, a strategically positioned farm house in a mountain pass. As they warily approach the farmhouse, one soldier spots someone inside and throws a grenade, which wounds a Korean woman (Maria McClay). The only other occupants are her young son Cho (Michael Davis) and her adult, part-French daughter Maya (the Director’s Argentinian wife Ana María Lynch). Kincaid and some of the others want to leave before the enemy attacks, but Towler keeps them there.
Scenes Featuring Maria
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