{{short description|1959 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Battle Flame | image = Battle Flame poster.jpeg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = R. G. Springsteen | producer = Lester A. Sansom | screenplay = Elwood Ullman | story = Lester A. Sansom<br>Elwood Ullman | starring = Scott Brady<br>Elaine Edwards<br>Robert Blake<br>Wayne Heffley<br>Gordon Jones<br>Ken Miller | music = Marlin Skiles | cinematography = Carl E. Guthrie | editing = William Austin | studio = Allied Artists Pictures | distributor = Allied Artists Pictures | released = {{Film date|1959|7|26}} | runtime = 78 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Battle Flame''''' is a 1959 American war film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Elwood Ullman. The film stars Scott Brady, Elaine Edwards, Robert Blake, Wayne Heffley, Gordon Jones and Ken Miller. The film was released on July 26, 1959, by Allied Artists Pictures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/68191/battle-flame |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018230538/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/68191/Battle-Flame/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 18, 2017 |title=Battle Flame (1959) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=2019-06-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Eleanor Mannikka |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/battle-flame-v123318 |title=Battle Flame (1959) - R.G. Springsteen |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=2019-06-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/52822-BATTLE-FLAME |title=Battle Flame |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=2019-06-29}}</ref>
==Plot== {{no plot|section|date=August 2024}}
==Cast== {{castlist| *Scott Brady as 1st Lt. Frank Davis *Elaine Edwards as Lt. Mary Ferguson *Robert Blake as Cpl. Jake Pacheco *Wayne Heffley as Teach *Gordon Jones as Sgt. McKelvey *Ken Miller as Orlando *Arthur Walsh as Nawlins *Richard Harrison as 2nd Lt. Wechsler *Gary Kent as Gilcrist *Peggy Moffitt as Nurse Fisher *Jean Robbins as Nurse Claycomb *Richard Crane as Dr. Bill Stoddard *Robert Shayne as Lt. Norris *Guy Prescott as Lt. Col. Struthers *Robert Christopher as Capt. Herndon *John Mitchum as Maj. Dowling }} ==Reception== ''Variety'' wrote the film "sputters through wartime cliches as if lonely marines and lousy rations were fresh enough to arouse an audience’s untouched sympathies. They’re not and, while the Allied Artists production gains zest midway through its 78 minutes, a rambling start makes it just another programmer."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Battle Flame|magazine=Variety|url=https://archive.org/details/variety214-1959-05/page/n69/mode/1up?|date=13 May 1959|page=6}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0052605|Battle Flame}}
Category:1959 films Category:American war films Category:1959 war films Category:Allied Artists films Category:Films directed by R. G. Springsteen Category:Korean War films Category:Films about the United States Marine Corps Category:1959 English-language films Category:1959 American films Category:English-language war films Category:Films scored by Marlin Skiles Category:American black-and-white films