I guess that John H Auer was the main war film provider for the studio; Republic Studio. Sterling Hayden brings much to this one, huge budget for this studio, but the result is not on the John Ford's style scale. Especially with the use of footage combat scenes. It's is tiring after a while. I watched it mainly for the presence of ASPHALT JUNGLE lead. I admit. It is bearable, but sometimes a bit long, boring. If you crave for war features, patriotic or not - and this one belongs to this category - you won't be deceived. Without Sterling Hayden, I am not sure I would have spent one hundred minutes of my life on this movie.
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