|
starring: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Tom Tryon, Paula Prentissdirected by: Otto Preminger
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780792102328
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 0792102320
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: October 22, 1996
Running Time: 165 minutes
Sales Rank: 6553
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: April 06, 1965
Related Items:
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
Otto Preminger's sprawling World War II drama packs a lot into its 165 minutes, beginning with the attack on Pearl Harbor (which Preminger re-creates in amazing detail) and ending a couple of years later with America's return to the South Pacific in force. John Wayne and Kirk Douglas star as a career naval captain and his self-pitying commander in the peacetime navy who are thrust into battle when Pearl Harbor is bombed while they are on maneuvers. Minutes into WWII, they are already scapegoated and demoted by the embarrassed military brass. Wayne romances a WAVE nurse (Patricia Neal) and attempts a reconciliation with his estranged, spoiled son (Brandon de Wilde) while Douglas sinks into the bottle after the death of his cheating wife until the American fleet rebuilds and calls upon Wayne to lead one of the initial invasion forces. Henry Fonda makes a brief but commanding appearance as the fleet admiral. Burgess Meredith is a former writer turned witty commander, Dana Andrews a showy but indecisive admiral, and Stanley Holloway a genial Australian scout working with the American invasion forces. Tom Tryon and Paula Prentiss play newlyweds torn apart by the war, and also appearing are Franchot Tone, Carroll O'Conner, Slim Pickens, George Kennedy, Bruce Cabot, and Larry Hagman, among many, many more. Loyal Griggs's handsome black-and-white photography is topped only by Saul Bass's impressive closing credits sequence, a rising cascade of crashing waves and rough surf reportedly paced to mirror the dramatic rhythm of the film. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - John Wayne at it again
War in the Pacific. War situations. Friendship vs duty, and love all rolled up in one well written and acted movie. A powerhouse cast. Another satifying John Wayne WWII movie.....
Rating:  - A Solid and and Enjoyable WWII Film!
In Harm's way is a rather interesting WWII film, to say the least. Released in 1965 but done in Black-&-White, the movie has a feel and look of a film much older. Although the beginning uses the historical bombing of Pearl Harbor as it's catalyst it is a fictional story.
Based on the bestselling novel by James Bassett, "In Harm's Way" follows a group of Navel officers and nurses in the early years of the war. Although the movie follows the book well it does tend to short-cut the ... Read More
Rating: - Probably The Last Great Black & White Movie Made
I am a war movie buff. I have seen them all. Heck, I have seen Patton a million times but I just went and bought Patton in Blu-Ray. And by the way, the Patton transfer is the best older movie transfer I have yet seen, it looks as good as the day it opened at the movies.
Anyway, I really have seen most of the great WWII movies made in the 60s and 70s except for this one. I finally saw it today. I hesitated seeing it for years (I am in my 40s) not because of any bad reviews but because ... Read More
Rating: - "Barbara Bouchet, a new face and a new body" Otto Preminger
Right off you know it is a John Wayne movie. It is bound to have some John Wayne formula and actors that he works with in other movies. Add to this a cast not just of names, but actors that have a following in their won right. Now you have some great material to work with.
Throw in Director Otto Preminger, who directed "Laura" (1944) (see my review) and many other fine films.
Add an intriguing story. It almost seems like two films. The first film depicts lifer just before ... Read More
Rating:  - In Harm/s Way
If you like all John Wayne's films, here is one for you. I didn't think it was one his better ones however.
|
