This was the fifth and last picture Maureen O'Hara made for John Ford, and it's one of her least interesting. She's used mostly for flavouring; a female to spice up an almost entirely male cast. You have to wait for the sea battle footage late in the picture to get a real grasp of what the challenges of war were all about. The scenes with Ward Bond savour of the Hollywood insider and are not so interesting. Dan Dailey's manic Jughead is the most memorable character.
Review of The Wings of Eagles
