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7.0/10   2,134 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Valentine Davies (writer)
James Michener (novel)
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Release Date:
December 1954 (USA) more
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Plot:
Set during the Korean War, a Navy fighter pilot must come to terms with with his own ambivalence towards... more | add synopsis
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Won Oscar. Another 2 nominations more
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Dennis Weaver Dies in Colorado
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Highly Recommended A tale needing to be told more (40 total)

Cast

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William Holden ... Lt. Harry Brubaker

Grace Kelly ... Nancy Brubaker

Fredric March ... Rear Adm. George Tarrant

Mickey Rooney ... Mike Forney
Robert Strauss ... Beer Barrel
Charles McGraw ... Cmdr. Wayne Lee
Keiko Awaji ... Kimiko
Earl Holliman ... Nestor Gamidge
Richard Shannon ... Lt. (j.g.) Olds
Willis Bouchey ... Capt. Evans (as Willis B. Bouchey)
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Runtime:
102 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)

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The U.S. Navy's cooperation in the movie's making included the use of 19 ships. more
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: In several scenes where Forney is flying with a green hat and scarf, when they show actual footage of the aircraft in flight, the pilot is wearing a helmet and goggles and no green scarf. more
Quotes:
RAdm. George Tarrant: Where do we get such men? more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "The Fifties" (1997) more

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12 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
Highly Recommended A tale needing to be told, 11 December 2004
8/10
Author: rjkennedy7 from Vancouver Island, Canada

I can't say enough good about this movie.It was made for its time. The public needed to be shown what it meant to be part of the military. What could be squandered without realizing how quickly one could lose that which was so prized. There is always a price to be paid. Its not until the true value of ones life is realized will one come to fully value the life they have to live. This movie presents this realism to us. Its not always the perfect presentation. But, then again what is in the real world. I would suggest however, that one reads Micheners' Book, The Bridges at Toko-Rio, before seeing the movie. More insight might be gained beforehand. The novel only adds to the movie. This movie was made when America was at its zenith in its place in the world. America stood alone as the first superpower. As yet unchallenged, but soon to be by the very nation whose personnel manned the planes, guns and radar stations seeking any incoming planes onto Korean airspace. Still, even though the hero dies in the doing, he still dies while doing something considered noble, worth dying for. Even the hero's wife, who agonizes over the whys and wherefores of her husband being part of something most of America has no idea is even happening. And, the hero is not even an enlisted man. He volunteered. He shouldn't even be there! Before seeing the movie, read the book. The movie was great.

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