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7 December 1959 (USA)
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Tagline:
Kiss by kiss the time ran out and never so few were the moments left for love!
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Captain Tom Reynolds and his band of skilled O.S.S. operatives are in WWII Burma to train the Kachin natives in modern warfare...
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Director Sturges underrated, so is this film
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Frank Sinatra | ... | Capt. Tom Reynolds | |
| Gina Lollobrigida | ... | Carla Vesari | |
| Peter Lawford | ... | Capt. Grey Travis | |
| Steve McQueen | ... | Bill Ringa | |
| Richard Johnson | ... | Capt. Danny De Mortimer | |
| Paul Henreid | ... | Nikko Regas | |
| Brian Donlevy | ... | Gen. Sloan | |
| Dean Jones | ... | Sgt. Jim Norby | |
| Charles Bronson | ... | Sgt. John Danforth | |
| Philip Ahn | ... | Nautaung | |
| Robert Bray | ... | Col. Fred Parkson | |
| Kipp Hamilton | ... | Margaret Fitch | |
| John Hoyt | ... | Col. Reed | |
| Whit Bissell | ... | Capt. Alofson - Psychiatrist | |
| Richard Lupino | ... | Mike Island |
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Campaign Burma (USA) (alternative title)
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125 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
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Australia:PG |
UK:A (original rating) |
UK:PG (re-rating) (1987) |
West Germany:12 (f) |
USA:Approved (PCA #19299) |
Canada:PG (video rating) |
Finland:K-16 |
Argentina:16
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Steve McQueen's role was originally going to be played by Sammy Davis Jr.. A feud had broken out between Davis and Frank Sinatra after Davis had claimed in a radio interview that he was a greater singer than Sinatra. Sinatra demanded he be dropped from the cast, and McQueen got the part.
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Factual errors: At the beginning of this WWII film, supplies are parachuted to the troops. On several of the boxes, USAF was stenciled on the boxes. The United States Army Air Force was not officially listed as the USAF until 1947 and the stencil should have read USAAF which stands for United States Army Air Force.
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Featured in Steve McQueen: The King of Cool (1998) (TV)
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I bought the DVD the other day and found it associated with Warner Brothers. While I watched I wondered how I would describe this film when I came here and thought, "A Warner's movie with all the slick and polish of an MGM film of the 50s/60s". In that rare and confusing arrangement with Turner Entertainment, it was an MGM film distributed by Warner's! Somehow I'd missed the lion at the beginning.
This film may not rate up there with the likes of Twelve O'Clock High or They Were Expendable, but neither it or its director John Sturges should be as underrated as they are. Since seeing it for the first time in the mid 60s, I've come back to it like an old friend, year after year since then, and there has always been something about it I liked.
While I can't help but feel that this movie is more about Sinatra than his character Tom Reynolds, I find it easy to put that aside when I watch the likes of Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, and Dean Jones, stars on their way up, working alongside the pros like Peter Lawford, Richard Johnson, Paul Henried, Philip Ahn, and Brian Donleavy. Hollywood sets blend well with all sorts of location shooting, and the story seems evenly broken up between the horrors/adventures of war and the romance with Lollobrigida. And when Sinatra's character has to break the rules, face insurmountable odds, and endanger his career in seeking justice for fallen friends, his personal smart ass attitude seems to fit the role. He even finds an ally in Brian Donleavy's General Sloan, who runs away with the film near the very end.
Everybody in this film seems to live up to the slick and polish of 50s/60s MGM, even Hugo Friehofer's melodic and haunting score, and if there are a few times Sinatra is more Sinatra than Tom Reynolds, the rest of the stellar cast makes up for it. Its not a great war drama, but it is great war entertainment with a conscience!