Target Zero

Target Zero
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Harmon Jones
Produced by David Weisbart
Written by James Warner Bellah
Sam Rolfe
Starring Richard Conte
Peggie Castle
Charles Bronson
Richard Wyler
L. Q. Jones
Chuck Connors
Music by David Buttolph
Cinematography Edwin B. DuPar
Edited by Clarence Kolster
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date
  • November 15, 1955 (1955-11-15)
Running time
 92 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Target Zero is a 1955 American drama film directed by Harmon Jones and written by James Warner Bellah and Sam Rolfe. The film stars Richard Conte, Peggie Castle, Charles Bronson, Richard Wyler, L. Q. Jones and Chuck Connors. The film was released by Warner Bros. on November 15, 1955.[1][2]

Plot

During a Korean War skirmish, a United Nations relief worker, Ann Galloway (Peggie Castle), is injured and her assistant killed. As the Communist forces take over the region, Ann accompanies a patrol led by Lt. Tom Flagler (Richard Conte), a soldier's soldier, admired by his men, as they try to rejoin Easy Company and other allied troops.

The British sergeant named Kensemmit (Richard Wyler) bears a grudge against all fellow soldiers and is particularly contemptuous of Flagler, as well as possibly interested in Ann romantically. SFC Vince Gaspari (Charles Bronson) vouches for Tom completely as a born leader, although he acknowledges Ann's conclusion that Tom cares about nothing else than his military duty to be true.

The patrol discovers that Easy Company has been massacred, leaving Tom discouraged. But under orders to hold the region until help can arrive, Tom and his men fight off North Korean foes. In victory, he also comes to realize that Ann represents the very kind of thing he has been fighting for all along.

Cast

Production

The F-80 Shooting Star aircraft were flown by the 120th Fighter Squadron of the Colorado Air National Guard.[3] The film was shot at Fort Carson, Colorado and in Arizona.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Target Zero (1955) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
  2. ↑ Crowther, Bosley (1955-11-16). "Movie Review - Target Zero - Screen: 'Target Zero'; Korean Conflict Story Misses the Mark". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "Target Zero". 4 May 1956. Retrieved 22 June 2016 – via IMDb.
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