Toward the end of World War II, two American soldiers fighting in Southern France become romantically involved with a young, American woman. Her background will reveal more about them than h... Read allToward the end of World War II, two American soldiers fighting in Southern France become romantically involved with a young, American woman. Her background will reveal more about them than her.Toward the end of World War II, two American soldiers fighting in Southern France become romantically involved with a young, American woman. Her background will reveal more about them than her.
- Cpl. Lindsay
- (as Edward Ryder)
- Jazz Musician: Trumpet
- (uncredited)
- Blairs' Butler
- (uncredited)
- Old Frenchwoman with Wine
- (uncredited)
- Jazz Musician: Tenor Sax
- (uncredited)
- Jazz Musician: Drums
- (uncredited)
- Jazz Musician: Vibraphone
- (uncredited)
- Captain Harrison
- (uncredited)
- Jazz Musician: Guitar
- (uncredited)
- Jazz Musician: Bass
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe role of Monique was originally written with Dorothy Dandridge in mind.
- GoofsCameraderie between Sam (an officer) and Britt (an enlisted NCO whose rank goes up and down as the story unfolds), is unmilitary and unreal, particularly their calling each other by their first names.
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1st Lt. Sam Loggins: How do you feel about riding in a jeep?
Mrs. Blair: It's one of the several experiences I promised myself before I die. Another is jumping out of a parachute.
1st Lt. Sam Loggins: No, dear. You jump out of a plane. You hold onto the parachute.
- ConnectionsReferenced in In Person (1993)
Tony Curtis’ part as the smooth-talking but put-upon charmer is effectively an extension of his Sidney Falco in Alexander Mackendrick’s SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957). The female roles are equally well filled: a lovely 19-year old Natalie Wood plays a young mulatto American raised in France who comes between Army “buddies” Sinatra and Curtis, while 35-year old Leora Dana is cast as Wood’s proud middle-aged mother (she must have quite impressed Sinatra because she was in SOME CAME RUNNING too – as Arthur Kennedy’s wife).
The film – backed by a fine score from Elmer Bernstein and including a jam session featuring Curtis and real-life jazz musicians – is well enough made scene by scene and certainly well acted, but the effect is slightly diluted by the unnecessary and ultra-soapy coda (Sinatra losing an arm, Dana dying, Wood gathering together and teaching war orphans – but especially the corny children’ song at the very end). The film is much more of a romantic melodrama than it is a war movie, but the few action sequences therein are good and well spread out throughout the film.
Delmer Daves may have been best renowned for his Westerns – but his very first shot as a director had actually come via a war movie, DESTINATION TOKYO (1943), and he eventually returned to the same territory intermittently with PRIDE OF THE MARINES (1945), TASK FORCE (1949) and, finally, KINGS GO FORTH itself.
- Bunuel1976
- May 16, 2008
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- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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