Sergeant Ryker
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Country United States | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Drama, War Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date February 1, 1968 (1968-02-01) Writer Seeleg Lester (screenplay), William D. Gordon (screenplay), Seeleg Lester (story) Screenplay Seeleg Lester, William D. Gordon Cast (Sgt Paul Ryker), (Ann Ryker), (Capt David Young), (Maj Whitaker), (Gen Amos Bailey) Similar movies Lee Marvin appears in Sergeant Ryker and The Rack, Time Limit (1957), The Glory Brigade (1953), War Hunt (1962), The Steel Helmet (1951) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sergeant Ryker is a 1968 drama–war film directed by Buzz Kulik and starring Lee Marvin and Bradford Dillman. The film was originally broadcast on television as "The Case Against Paul Ryker", a 1963 two-part episode of Kraft Suspense Theatre. It was released as a feature film in 1968 to capitalise on Marvin's popularity from The Dirty Dozen. Its second run paired it as a double feature with Counterpoint.
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Plot
Sgt. Ryker (Lee Marvin) is an American soldier charged with treason during the Korean War, he is court-martialled and prosecuted by Capt. David Young (Bradford Dillman), and convicted and sentenced to death.
His wife, Ann (Vera Miles), insists that Ryker received an inadequate defense. She believes her husband's story that he had been on a secret mission, assigned to it by a superior officer who has since died and can no longer vouch for him.
Capt. Young is not only persuaded to get General Bailey's approval for a new trial, he volunteers to defend Ryker this time. A grateful Ryker ends up furious when he discovers a romantic attachment is developing between his wife and the captain.
The new prosecutor, Maj. Whitaker, unearths new evidence damning to the defendant's case. At the last minute, though, Young produces a sergeant named Winkler who verifies aspects of Ryker's story, which, when followed up on by Young, is enough to set Ryker free.
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