Sub commander William Holden makes the right calculation and three men under his command die after peace is declared. Admiral Moroni Olsen says he did right, but engineer William Bendix doesn't like it. Neither does Holden. He broods from the end of the Second World War until he resigns, then changes his mind, so wife Nancy Olson leaves him. Admiral Olsen says the resignation wouldn't have been accepted, because it's the Korean War now, and he's needed to command his old sub's namesake. Is Holden going to make the right decision and brood himself into a padded cell, or the wrong one and a well-adjusted court martial.
There's talk that this is an early example of the serious consideration of Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, but it looks more like survivor's guilt to me. In any case, there are lot of scenes of Holden looking moody and arguing with Miss Olson. Director John Farrow may have been an expert movie guy for Men Under Stress, but this one is a bit too slow. With Don Taylor, Arthur Franz, and Darryl Hickman.
There's talk that this is an early example of the serious consideration of Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, but it looks more like survivor's guilt to me. In any case, there are lot of scenes of Holden looking moody and arguing with Miss Olson. Director John Farrow may have been an expert movie guy for Men Under Stress, but this one is a bit too slow. With Don Taylor, Arthur Franz, and Darryl Hickman.