Charles McGraw, Dennis Weaver, Earl Holliman
DVD Release Date: May 22, 2001
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October 29, 2008this is a great film, but it is one of the saddest films i have ever seen. the end is down right depressing as a family man. much of the film felt average at best, but the actual flying sequences were excellent, raising the overall quality of the film. a classic and must watch.
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May 27, 2006The wrong war at the wrong time.
Still one of the best "futility of war" movies ever made. Holden's performance holds up so well. Those last desperate minutes are gripping, even after many viewings and more than 50 years. And there's Grace Kelly, too. Possibly the best pe
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March 18, 2009Not a bad film, but a little melodramatic. What makes this film enjoyable is the realistic war footage and William Holden. I really enjoyed all of the scenes on the aircraft carrier and it's daily workings, and the air combat scenes are fantastic and still hold up today. The sce...( read more)
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November 13, 2009I know this is supposed to be a great film, but it just didn't do anything for me.
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March 15, 2009The last 15 minutes or so raised this film from below-average to a pretty decent war movie. The ending was taut and the movie provided good insight into the mechanics of life on board an aircraft carrier, but the overt patriotism, the obvious use of models during important scen...( read more)
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March 15, 2008This was the whole movie: *wind gust, *buzz, *more wind gust...
I gotta admit, the first half, I was bored out of my mind; the second half, I was STILL bored out of my mind! I guess aviation films are not my thing. But I try to see the good in every movie, so I would say tha...( read more) -
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March 10, 2008not so interested at another grace kelly's prim goodie-goodie role...and mickey rooney is absolutely annoying as the wantoner chaser of japanese girls.
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