
Thank You for Your Service(2017)
A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.


“This is a story of men in war not men at war.”
Three soldiers in Korea go through inner torment when they're ordered to execute an enemy soldier.

Kirk Douglas
Sgt. P.J. Briscoe

Robert Walker Jr.
Pvt. O.A. Dennison

Nick Adams
Pvt. V.R. Hackett

Pancho Magalona
Kim aka 'The Gook'

Nehemiah Persoff
Capt. Van Ryn

John Bleifer
Steward

Mark Miller
Lt. D.D. Troy

John Alderson
Crewman Svenson
Anders Andelius
Crewman Andelius

Frank Richards
Crewman Kaskevitch
The Hook is a war, drama film released in 1963 exploring themes of ship, based on novel or book, tanker, prisoner of war, korean war (1950-53), u.s. soldier. Directed by George Seaton, it stars Kirk Douglas, Robert Walker Jr., Nick Adams. Three soldiers in Korea go through inner torment when they're ordered to execute an enemy soldier.
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