朝鲜战争后期的1953年7月,当战争各方在进行和平停战谈判时,美军为了在谈判桌上增加筹码,命令克莱门斯中尉率领美军一个连进攻没有军事价值的255高地.他们知道板门店停战谈判可能随时会达成和平协议,所以一些士兵不太愿意做无谓牺牲.然而,克莱门斯中尉认为这是他们的爱国职责,在他的指挥下,美军在猪排山阵地上与中朝军队进行争夺战,甚至进行残酷的肉搏战.等到增援部队到达时,135人的连队打的就剩下25个人.。Tyneside ship-builder Joe Maddison lost his faith in the trenches at the Somme in 1916. Now that World War Two has begun he is too old to enlist alongside his son and son-in-law and is also in a reserved occupation so, after his wife Polly has left him for a sailor,he joins the Home Guard with his friends,Marxist Eddie and cynical,wise-cracking Harry.Harry's anti-authoritarian ...。