I watched this last night for probably the 50th or 60th time. It's the movie that gave Sinatra his second wind as a performer and gave him a claim as a serious actor, to go along with his early success as a singer. In all likelyhood, it was then wife Ava Gardner's pleas to studio head Harry Cohn that got him the part and NOT Luca Brasi-----lol.
It takes place in the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor and deals with some pretty serious stuff, considering it was made in the early 50's. Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Donna Reed, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borginine and a baby-faced Jack Warden lead the way.
One of my ten favorite films of all-time.
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
