If anyone has watched Alan Ladd ( Rocky Gilman) films you know he is usually a tough guy with a gun and his fists. Here he is a lot more sensitive then usual ( although he is certainly an Alpha Male). Here Ladd has a tremendous amount of guilt because he holds himself responsible for the death of his best friend in WW II. Besides that he is someone who cannot hold another job besides being a soldier. He actually meets and falls in love with his buddy's widow ( Donna Reed), and signs up to go to the US Military Academy at West Point. The problem is Ladd had a problem with a plebe who simply cannot cut it and whose father is a Senator and they and a particularly nasty lawyer dig up the dirt on Ladd and use it to shift blame. Ladd almost loses everything including Reed (he even goes goes AWOL to save the relationship). Spoilers ahead: Reed however brings him back to face his accusers and the truth finally comes out the Ladd is not guilty of the death of his friend ( Ladd was unconscious when he died, which a witness testified to). Thus, he gets peace and graduates West Point and can marry Donna Reed. Again a very different Ladd film and 9/10 stars:
Review of Beyond Glory
