In the Pacific during World War 2, the officers live a comfortable life with good food, good drink and good quarters. To them, war is a game which they know they will win and the common soldiers are the pawns on the board. When the campaign slows down, the Commander sends a squad to the top of a mountain behind enemy lines to report on the Japanese troop movements. The squad is commanded by a tough cynical Sergeant who takes no prisoners and even takes the gold from the teeth... (Full plot summary below)
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In the Pacific during World War 2, the officers live a comfortable life with good food, good drink and good quarters. To them, war is a game which they know they will win and the common soldiers are the pawns on the board. When the campaign slows down, the Commander sends a squad to the top of a mountain behind enemy lines to report on the Japanese troop movements. The squad is commanded by a tough cynical Sergeant who takes no prisoners and even takes the gold from the teeth of the enemy dead. Before the mission starts, the lieutenant, who has had a cushy job due to a life of wealth and privilege, criticizes the Commander over his attitude towards the common soldier and is re-assigned to lead the squad. The veteran Sergeant wants to complete this mission as ordered, and he will do everything he can do to see that it is successful.
Leave your thoughts about The Naked and the Dead.
| The SpectatorIsabel QuiglyA good, appropriately ape-like cast working through two hours and ten minutes to a moral and moderately happy ending that looks (when you compare it with the tone of the rest) unbearably contrived. |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonA flawed yet fascinating motion picture, one that traffics in gritty intensity yet also makes room for the expected concessions to convention and cliche. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzWaters down Norman Mailer's 721 page salty 1948 bestseller novel based on his own experiences during WW II in the South Pacific. |
| Classic Film and TelevisionMichael E. GrostPowerful anti war drama, with great landscape photography |
| User ReviewAllan Cmy parents had this book in thier library i don't think this bears alot of resemblence to it |
| User ReviewGrant SGoodish, but not great. Had a decent central plot, but the sub-plots were overwraught. The characters of the general, lieutenant and staff sergeant were too extreme, yet stereotypical. All the personal confrontations seemed contrived. Moreover, every philosophical point was made in a speech-laden preachy sort of way. Some subltety would have been great. Allied to this is the paint-by-numbers acting of Cliff Robertson and Raymond Massey, as the Lieutenant and the General, respectively. Aldo Ray was pretty good as the staff sergeant though. This all said, the battle scenes are very good, and feel realistic. The director should probably have concentrated on making a war movie, rather than making some (ultimately lame) statement about power and leadership. |
