The Rack (1956)

The Rack (1956)Wounded and weakened in Korean prison camps, GIs descend from the plane that returned them to U. S. soil. It is a time of tearful family reunions. A time of uncertainty about how to help traumatized men. And a time of reckoning: Capt. Edward W. Hall Jr., a silver star hero and ex POW, faces trial for collaboration with the enemy. Paul Newman's richly complex portrayal of Hall sets the tone of acting excellence found throughout The Rack. How much can a

(who shared a 1941 Best Screenplay Oscar® with Orson Welles for Citizen Kane)

age or stature

here he comes

the film mirrors situations faced by

But when quarreling turns to violent brawling

forced to separate from the upper class husband (Walter Pidgeon) by the snobby clan he calls family

And a love thwarted by a rigid social code

Mark Hamill (Star Wars movies) stars as Kenny

150-pound monsters in Night of the Lepus

An infant raised to manhood among savage apes

an entomologist realizes that the dreaded African killer bees--long expected by scientists--have arrived in the United States

" says platoon sarge Murray Hamilton