The Nun and the Sergeant
The Nun and the Sergeant is a 1962 Korean War drama film starring Anna Sten and Robert Webber in the title roles. It was produced by Sten's husband Eugene Frenke, who had produced the 1957 film Heaven Knows, Mr Allison, also a pairing of a Catholic nun and a U.S. Marine. It was directed by Franklin Adreon and released through United Artists.
Plot
In a forerunner of The Dirty Dozen, Marine Gunnery Sergeant McGrath (Robert Webber) takes 12 Marines from the brig and trains them to blow up a tunnel behind North Korean lines. McGrath's only friend on the patrol is his Korean guide Pak (Dale Ishimoto). Hating their sergeant, the Marines plan to return to their lines without him, seeing that he becomes "a casualty of war". However, en route to their target they find an injured nun (Anna Sten) and a group of Korean convent girls whose bus has been destroyed.
Cast
More details
| author | Don Cerveris |
|---|---|
| director | Franklin Adreon |
| editor | Carl Mahakian John Hoffman |
| events | Korean War |
| genre | adventure drama |
| keywords | brig casualty of war dale ishimoto gunnery sergeant injured leo gordon military prison north korea the dirty dozen young girl |
| musicBy | Jerry Fielding |
| producer | Eugene Frenke |
| productionCompany | Eastern Productions Springfield Productions |
| publisher | United Artists |
| theme | war |