An exciting and vintage story of a large invasion , this is an ultapatriotic war film that has its outrageous and interesting moments. It displays a typical crew of Marines battling the "Yellow Menace" over an important base on the famous Pacific atoll, Guadalcanal . Share the laughs a fighting man lives by.. the loves he dreams of..the things he fights for...in the screen's first great victory picture !
A moving , flag-waver and breathtaking warfare movie that must have been a real booster for filmgoers in America. This is one of the best American movies about the Pacific , conflict in World War Two , and in places , very stirring too . However, today it 's almost dated , including some violent images , particularly during the scene in which Anthony Quinn shoots in cold blood an enemy because he exacts a revenge and hates Japanese. Being well based on writer Richard Tregaskis' first-hand account . It suffers on television because of the small screen hurts the epic scale and adding some ordinary stock footage . Main and support cast are frankly notable, all of them are firmly characterized , such as : Lloyd Nolan, Preston Foster , Anthony Quinn, Richard Conte , Lionel Stander, William Bendix , Ralph Byrd, Minor Watson, Roy Roberts , Miles Mander, John Archer , and special mention for Richard Jaeckel , the little blond two-fisted guy whose screen credits spands over 30 years to The Dirty Dozen , as he was working as a delivery boy in the 20th Century Fox mail room when at almost 18 was spotted and signed for the character of Baby Marine .
It provides an atmospheric cinematography in black and white by cameraman Charles Clarke . As well as a thrilling and emotive musical score by composer David Buttolph. This ultrajingoist but immensely attractive motion picture was well directed by Lewis Seiler (Breakthrough, Battle Stations , You're in the Army now, South of Suez, Flight Angels , Hell's Kitchen, Heart of the North , Doll Face, King of the Underworld). Rating : 6.5/10 . Better than average . The flick will appeal to WWII aficionados.
A moving , flag-waver and breathtaking warfare movie that must have been a real booster for filmgoers in America. This is one of the best American movies about the Pacific , conflict in World War Two , and in places , very stirring too . However, today it 's almost dated , including some violent images , particularly during the scene in which Anthony Quinn shoots in cold blood an enemy because he exacts a revenge and hates Japanese. Being well based on writer Richard Tregaskis' first-hand account . It suffers on television because of the small screen hurts the epic scale and adding some ordinary stock footage . Main and support cast are frankly notable, all of them are firmly characterized , such as : Lloyd Nolan, Preston Foster , Anthony Quinn, Richard Conte , Lionel Stander, William Bendix , Ralph Byrd, Minor Watson, Roy Roberts , Miles Mander, John Archer , and special mention for Richard Jaeckel , the little blond two-fisted guy whose screen credits spands over 30 years to The Dirty Dozen , as he was working as a delivery boy in the 20th Century Fox mail room when at almost 18 was spotted and signed for the character of Baby Marine .
It provides an atmospheric cinematography in black and white by cameraman Charles Clarke . As well as a thrilling and emotive musical score by composer David Buttolph. This ultrajingoist but immensely attractive motion picture was well directed by Lewis Seiler (Breakthrough, Battle Stations , You're in the Army now, South of Suez, Flight Angels , Hell's Kitchen, Heart of the North , Doll Face, King of the Underworld). Rating : 6.5/10 . Better than average . The flick will appeal to WWII aficionados.