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6 April 1965 (USA)
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Stripped of everything - they lived and loved and fought as if there were no tomorrow...
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A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 1 win
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70Mm Todd A-o Film Festival To Be Held In Germany, October 2-4
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | John Wayne | ... | Capt. Rockwell Torrey |
 | Kirk Douglas | ... | Commander Paul Eddington Jr. |
 | Patricia Neal | ... | Lt. Maggie Haynes |
| Tom Tryon | ... | Mac McConnell |
| Paula Prentiss | ... | Beverly McConnell |
| Brandon De Wilde | ... | Ens. Jeremiah 'Jere' Torrey |
| Jill Haworth | ... | Ens. Annalee Dorne |
 | Dana Andrews | ... | Admiral Broderick |
| Stanley Holloway | ... | Clayton Canfil |
| Burgess Meredith | ... | Commander Egan Powell |
 | Franchot Tone | ... | Admiral Kimmel |
| Patrick O'Neal | ... | Commander Neal Owynn |
 | Carroll O'Connor | ... | Lt. Commander Burke |
| Slim Pickens | ... | C.P.O Culpepper |
| James Mitchum | ... | Ensign Griggs |
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165 min
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2.20 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) (Westrex Recording System) |
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The Cruiser used for filming was the USS Saint Paul (CA-73).
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Factual errors: When Eddington is killed and his plane is shot down, Admiral Torrey and the other officers present on base listening to his transmissions can hear the sounds of the plane's destruction coming through the radio on the plane. While this would be electronically possible, it is highly unlikely because Eddington or some other force would have to be holding the button on the microphone down to be transmitting a signal.
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Commander Egan Powell:
Gottlieb! Tuthill!
[as Gottlieb and Tuthill leave the washroom, Powell takes out a quarter, tosses it, and covers it on his arm]
Captain Paul Eddington: Heads.
Commander Egan Powell: [uncovers the quarter and inspects it, laughing] Good-bye, Commander! Enjoy it!
[Exit]
Cmdr. Neal Owynn: Now what do you suppose he meant by that?
Captain Paul Eddington: Well, aren't you going with Broderick?
Cmdr. Neal Owynn: Why, no, I...
Captain Paul Eddington: I think you are.
Cmdr. Neal Owynn: Now wait a m...
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[as Gottlieb and Tuthill leave the washroom, Powell takes out a quarter, tosses it, and covers it on his arm]
Captain Paul Eddington: Heads.
Commander Egan Powell: [uncovers the quarter and inspects it, laughing] Good-bye, Commander! Enjoy it!
[Exit]
Cmdr. Neal Owynn: Now what do you suppose he meant by that?
Captain Paul Eddington: Well, aren't you going with Broderick?
Cmdr. Neal Owynn: Why, no, I...
Captain Paul Eddington: I think you are.
Cmdr. Neal Owynn: Now wait a m...
[...]
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Edited into Bass on Titles (1977)
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John Wayne spent much of his later career foolishly playing much younger characters (e.g. "McQ" or "Brannigan") or indulging in clearly conscious self-parodies such as "True Grit." Most of his roles in the 60s and 70s were unworthy of his talents, but in 1964 he turned in one of his finest performances in Otto Preminger's "In Harms Way." His portrayal of Captain (later Rear Admiral) Rockwell Torrey saves an elaborate war film and shows that the Duke was a very capable actor.
Wayne will always be remembered as an action hero - riding, brawling, and shooting his way across the screen, stopping now and then for a drink or, less often, a kiss. But in this film, there are no horses, his one brawl is verbal, and he doesn't even carry a gun. Shorn of his usual props and plot devices, Wayne has no choice but to act and he delivers an extremely effective performance. He commands, he counsels, and in his own understated way, he loves. The picture's soap opera structure actually works to his advantage, giving him many opportunities to show different sides of his character's personality and to interact with almost every other performer in the film.
The rest of the huge cast is generally strong. Patricia Neal is fine as Wayne's romantic interest, playing a nurse who, as she says, is not a lady; Kirk Douglas is a bit overbearing at times as his exec, but then the role calls for it; Dana Andrews has one of his few good mature roles as the overly cautious Admiral Broderick. Everyone is up to the task but it's Wayne who carries the picture.
"In Harm's Way" is a heavily fictionalized account of the attack on Pearl Harbor and the subsequent campaign to take and hold Guadalcanal. Although the story owes more to the source novel than to real history, the tone of the film reasonably reflects the anxieties and uncertainties the Navy faced during the first year of the Pacific War.