In Harm's Way
A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
Critics Sentiment
Officer's party at Pearl Harbor on December 6th, 1941
Eddington rapes navy nurse Annalee Dorne in unstable state
The film drops sharply from the intimate Wayne-Neal apartment scene (8.1) to Eddington's assault on Annalee (4.2), a devastating 3.9-point plunge that critics felt caused the character and film to self-destruct.
Critics praised the film's strong opening Pearl Harbor sequence and the chemistry between Wayne and Neal, but found the middle section damaged by Eddington's poorly motivated character destruction. Despite effective battle scenes and strong performances from the all-star cast, reviewers felt it worked better as old-fashioned entertainment than serious war drama.
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John Wayne
Capt. Rockwell Torrey
Kirk Douglas
Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
Patricia Neal
Lt. Maggie Hayes
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
Barbara Bouchet
Liz Eddington
Franchot Tone
CINCPAC I
Henry Fonda
CINCPAC II
Patrick O'Neal
Commander Neal Owynn
Carroll O'Connor
Lt. Commander Burke
Slim Pickens
C.P.O. Culpepper
James Mitchum
Ensign Griggs
George Kennedy
Colonel Gregory
Bruce Cabot
Quartermaster Quoddy
Tod Andrews
Captain Tuthill
Crew
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