The Walking Major

Drama, War

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Keith Larsen

Status Released

Release Date 1970-06-06

Storyline

U.S. Army Captain Clark Allen gains attention by walking back and forth, the length of Japan, gambling with U.S. servicemen in order to raise funds to rebuild an orphanage. Suspicious of Allen's motives, a Japanese newsman, Hiroshi Kitabayashi, traces the American's background until he discovers the motive behind Allen's long walk.

"In wartime he fought! In peactime he walked!"