pork chop hill is a 1959 american korean war drama movie directed by lewis milestone and based on the 1956 novel by s.l.a. marshall. it stars gregory peck, rip torn, woody strode, george peppard, george shibata, martin landau, barry atwater, abel fernandez, biff elliot, harry dean stanton. it was distributed by united artists. it was a minor box office hit.