Video releases for April 28, 2021
April 28, 2021 at 4:41 p.m.
"Battle Hymn" (Blu-ray Edition; 1957)
Fact-based story of Col. Dean Hess, the "flying parson" who returns to service during the Korean War, takes command of a squadron of inexperienced fighter pilots and starts an orphanage for the area's displaced children. Directed by Douglas Sirk, the dramatization will strike some as overly idealistic though Rock Hudson gives a credible performance as the dedicated minister willing to fight for a just cause, yet troubled in conscience by the need for killing. Wartime violence. The Catholic News Service classification is A-I – general patronage. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association. (KL Studio Classics)
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"Battle Hymn" (Blu-ray Edition; 1957)
Fact-based story of Col. Dean Hess, the "flying parson" who returns to service during the Korean War, takes command of a squadron of inexperienced fighter pilots and starts an orphanage for the area's displaced children. Directed by Douglas Sirk, the dramatization will strike some as overly idealistic though Rock Hudson gives a credible performance as the dedicated minister willing to fight for a just cause, yet troubled in conscience by the need for killing. Wartime violence. The Catholic News Service classification is A-I – general patronage. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association. (KL Studio Classics)