---
title: 'Hold Back the Night (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Allan Dwan'
released: '1956-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 80
genres:
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hold-back-the-night-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049319/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hold Back the Night (1956)

1956 · 80 min · War · United States


## Synopsis

Hold Back the Night is a 1956 American war film about the Korean War based on the 1951 novel by Pat Frank, who had been a war correspondent in Korea. The film was directed by Allan Dwan; his third film with John Payne and his third film about the United States Marine Corps, the others being Abroad with Two Yanks (1944) and Sands of Iwo Jima (1949).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Allan Dwan](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-dwan)
- **Screenplay:** [Walter Doniger](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-doniger)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans J. Salter](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-j-salter)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ellsworth Fredericks](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellsworth-fredericks)

## Cast

- [Chuck Connors](https://cinepixo.com/people/chuck-connors)
- [John Payne](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-payne)
- [Robert Easton](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-easton)
- [Audrey Dalton](https://cinepixo.com/people/audrey-dalton)
- [John Craven](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-craven)
- [Nicky Blair](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicky-blair)
- [Mona Freeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/mona-freeman)
- [Peter Graves](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-graves-2)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/hold-back-the-night-1956
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