In Harm’s Way (1965)

Storyline

Captain Rockwell Torrey and Commander Paul Eddington are part of the Navy’s effort to recuperate from, and retaliate for, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Torrey is romantically involved with nurse Maggie Haynes, and also tries to restore his relationship with his estranged son, Jeremiah, a young Naval officer. In Harm’s Way, the 1965 Otto Preminger World War II (WWII) military melodrama (“Stripped of everything – they lived and love and fought as if there were no tomorrow…”; “In Harm’s way, they went. The men. The women. The lovers for a night. The lovers for keeps. The strong. The weak. They went, as they were, in Harm’s way…”; “Based on the novel by James Bassett”) starring John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Tom Tryon, Paula Prentiss, Brandon de Wilde, Jill Haworth, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda, Sterling Holloway (long-time character actor who later provided voices for many cartoon characters, including Winnie the Pooh), Stanley Holloway, Burgess Meredith, Franchot Tone, Patrick O’Neal, Carroll O’Connor (best remembered as Archie Bunker from TV’s “All in the Family”), Slim Pickens, James Mitchum, George Kennedy, Bruce Cabot, and Barbara Bouchet