12 O'Clock High (TV Series) Interlude (1964) User Reviews

The first reviewer was correct.

[dukeb0y · 9/10 · 4 December 2023]

This could have been a two-part episode it was so good. Plus Quinn Martin Productions really put the money into the budget. For example we're on a dock with a full size boat. Also the train station. And the sets were nice along with the acting and the background actors. For example plenty of Wrens that's the British equivalent of the American WACs. British Sailors in uniform. I have a lot of respect for the producers. Who can gather all the stuff together.

And unlike most 12:00 High, it's a love story but it's a good one it's done nicely. I almost thought it could have been filmed in England.

This story was so nice it could have been remade today. That's it for this review.

A good story idea...but executed way, way too quickly to be realistic.

[planktonrules · 6/10 · 18 August 2021]

General Crowe can see that Savage is practically killing himself by working so hard. After a particularly tough mission, Crowe orders General Savage to take some time off and relax....and, of course, he only does this very reluctantly.

As Savage enters the train car for his trip, he accidentally enters a car already reserved for Lt. Macrea (Dana Wynter). The two get off to a VERY rocky start and time and again, they get on each other's nerves. In Hollywood, this usually means the two will fall in love...which is exactly what happens. But of course, they cannot give the tough General Savage a nice happily ever after and tragedy is on the horizon.

This is a good episode except that stuff happens WAY too quickly. I think making it a two-part episode would have helped. My complaint is that they go from disliking each other to falling deeply in love way too fast to be realistic...and the ending, even more so. Additionally, the dislike part was way overdone. Now I am not saying it's a bad episode...but it goes by too fast to be truly memorable and seems cliched because of this. Worth watching.

By the way, the casting was odd. Wynter (with a very strong English accent) plays a Scottish woman. Her father (Rhys Williams) is Welsh but plays a Scot reasonably well. His accent was actually very nice.... Wynter just sounded English. Most Americans won't notice, but as I've spent a decent amount of time in the UK, I wondered how Brits would see this episode and the oddly misplaced casting.