Actors: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery
Clift, Frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Ernest Borgnine, Philip Ober,
Jack Warden, Mickey Shaughnessy, Claude Akins, George Reeves
Rating: 8 out of 10, I was interested in
seeing this again because I spent a couple years assigned to Schofield Barracks
where this movie is set and was filmed. It tells the story of three different
Soldiers assigned there in the days leading up to the Pearl Harbor attack. I
never drove by the famous beach where Lancaster and Kerr had their iconic swim
without thinking of them. Lancaster is very good and believable in his role as
the First Sergeant with a corrupt company commander. Sinatra is also very good
as the lovable loser Maggio. While its not a true representation of Army life,
at least in today’s world it expertly tells an interwoven story with true heart.
I still don't get the whole fascination with Montgomery Clift, I thought he was
the weakest part of the film.
MVP: Lancaster as First Sergeant Warden
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