Brandon De Wilde, Burgess Meredith, Dana Andrews

Two discredited Naval officers try to avoid self-destruction after being blamed for the heavy loss at Pearl Harbor. The one takes on a suicide mission to restore his honor. The other leads a fleet in ...( read more  read more... )a counterattck, comes out wounded, and is nursed by his ex-wife.

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Unrated, 2 hrs. 45 min.

Directed by: Otto Preminger

Release Date: January 1, 1965

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DVD Release Date: May 22, 2001

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  • August 19, 2007
    Classic John Wayne war flick.
  • June 3, 2007
    This is the story of how the attack on Pearl Harbor and the aftermath after is seen throught hte eyes of Otto Perminger of "Stalag 17" fame. There allittle in it for every one, though.
  • April 7, 2007
    "Old Rock of Ages, we've got ourselves another war. A gut bustin', mother-lovin' Navy war."
  • July 25, 2009
    Saw it before and really love his movies
  • March 11, 2009
    Outstanding movie John Wayne is my family favorite actor
  • August 6, 2008
    one of the dukes best movies
  • May 29, 2008
    Somewhat of a sappy war drama against the Pearl Harbor backdrop. Incredible cast of talent but simply not a great war film. I feel as though it tried to be From Here to Eternity and only came half way.

    Kirk Douglas portrays the most interesting character in the story but the ...( read more)Duke gives another, stiff neck performance. I like Otto Preminger alot as a film maker but war epics were not his area of expertise. This was shot with great precision as the case in most of Premingers films but it was about forty minutes too long.
  • May 28, 2008
    very good john wayne he was great so was kirt douglas loved the naval fighting scenes. great special effects for its time a must see for all war buffs and wayne buffs
  • May 6, 2008
    This is a great adventure movie
  • March 30, 2008
    John Wayne leads the United States Navy into a monumental struggle against the Japanese. Kirk Douglas is the anti-hero who stirs up a fuss. The ships are models and the battles are conducted in a bathtub.

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  • davesdelux20062000
    May 7, 2007
    john wayne was a hero in real life...if any of you folks dont know it he was a republican in real life and a good man as many of the older generation in hollywood were then...not like the liberals we have today...we need new war movies and i dont mean 3 kings or blackhawk down..but films that will spur the troops and this nation...we need to get back to our bible reading united as one states of america...and f.u.c.... this nation to hell if they put that witch in the whitehouse or some nigger named obamma....we need all republican all the way...like we once had back in 04....anyway...where did i begin....john wayne...all the way.....may i shake hands with him one day in heaven.....

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