A highly didactic installment, a cautionary tale, and in most ways typical for the director: even the captain is the very same he'll send, years later, in Korea. Again, one may suppose for a while that the psychology, even stylized, may be realist; but it's phony. Something is real, but intended to convey an educative message, and not one of the best kind. Then again, one also feels that the director believed in this ethics.
Mary Ainslee, not very seductive, has a supporting role.
In this movie, Muggs isn't that likable, but this is the idea: he's altruist and petty, generous and too impulsive. The director was fond of the thought of a potentially good man, being educated by an officer.
The director being Joseph Lewis, a comedy wasn't probable, and if comedy wasn't available, at least an adventure yarn could of been, but an educative storyline has been chosen, of course with the regular filthy racism, and the excellent blond guy; the captain from this movie was going to make a comeback in one of the director's later movies, again as a military authority, as an ideal officer. The movie exhibits Joseph Lewis' peculiar hybrid of heroism and schmaltz.
Mary Ainslee, not very seductive, has a supporting role.
In this movie, Muggs isn't that likable, but this is the idea: he's altruist and petty, generous and too impulsive. The director was fond of the thought of a potentially good man, being educated by an officer.
The director being Joseph Lewis, a comedy wasn't probable, and if comedy wasn't available, at least an adventure yarn could of been, but an educative storyline has been chosen, of course with the regular filthy racism, and the excellent blond guy; the captain from this movie was going to make a comeback in one of the director's later movies, again as a military authority, as an ideal officer. The movie exhibits Joseph Lewis' peculiar hybrid of heroism and schmaltz.