Review of In Harm's Way (1965) by Margot S — 18 Oct 2013
Possibly the finest WW2 movie ever made about the Pacific Theater. The huge, rather outlandish scope of the project, and its all-star cast seem to account for much of its dismissal by the critics. But it stands up brilliantly after nearly five decades.
What Preminger and his screenwriters were trying to do was make a 19th century social novel about the officers and opportunists who were in the Navy during the first couple of years after Pearl Harbor.
It was extremely ambitious, and the movie is long, and freighted with more subplots than we are used to. But it's well worth multiple viewings.
This review of In Harm's Way (1965) was written by Margot S on 18 Oct 2013.
In Harm's Way has generally received positive reviews.
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