![]() ![]() Han starts to return to the three remaining men, but is prevented from stepping on a second land mine by the dog Lobo, who is able to sense it through smell. While traveling through brush, Wilson, who is in the lead, steps on a land mine and is killed. They agree the radio would be useful in summoning help, if they could find replacement batteries. He is carrying a two-way radio recovered from a broken-down Jeep, but the batteries that powered it have been depleted. Kane befriends Han and leads him to believe that he could be adopted and go to America.Ĭpl John Estway (Richard Jaeckel), a fourth escaped prisoner who was brainwashed, is encountered on their trek. Kane convinces Han that there wasn’t anything they could do as escaped prisoners with no weapons. However, they eventually agree with Brent and the five proceed on the trek.Īlong the way, Han confides to Kane that he doesn’t like him because Kane didn’t try to save his parents from the North Koreans. Wilson, showing no conviction either way, sides with Kane. Kane appeals to Wilson to out-vote Brent, based on the assertion that after being held captive, rank no longer matters. ![]() Kane opposes bringing the boy and the dog because of the drain they would pose on their few rations. Brent is in favor of bringing them along and, as ranking officer, orders the other two to do so. While eating some of their few K-rations, which the three share with Han and the dog, the three Americans discuss whether they should bring Han and the dog with them on their trek to the American lines. The three Americans elude the North Korean pursuers and encounter Han with his companion dog Lobo (Flame, German Shepherd), an abandoned K-9 corps police dog. While Han is hiding in nearby hills, the North Korean captors who are pursuing the three escapees kill the couple. ![]() ![]() At the beginning of their trek, they are given shelter by a Korean couple, who have a young son Han (Manuel Padilla). During the Korean War, three American prisoners of war – MSgt Ed Brent (Rory Calhoun), Sgt Peter Kane (William Bendix), and Pvt Kirk Wilson (Robert Ivers) – escape from their North Korean captors and try to make it back to American lines, about 40 mi (64 km) away. ![]()
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