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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:6
Rotten:1
Average Rating:6.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Action-packed war film utilizing actual battle footage to create a tense drama. Two US Marine fighter pilots try to fight their own personal battles, while still banding together to fight the war.... [More]
Though John Wayne plays a similar role to that of his other WWII movies (Sands of Iwo Jima), the tough but sensitive commander, this picture is better than the rest due to smooth and crispy direction by Nicholas Ray.
Overlong but action-filled.
Marquee pull of John Wayne and Robert Ryan in the action market has been teamed with a story of Marine fighter pilots.
Top CriticThis is arguably Ray's least distinguished film, a relatively conventional, anonymous WWII drama made for RKO mogul Howard Hughes.
This is the most ordinary film Nicholas Ray ever made.
Pure WWII jingo and John Wayne. But stylish and heroic nonetheless.
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