I must admit I found it very difficult to rate this movie. On the surface it is a solid piece of entertain about a man choosing his country/duty over his successful career.
Jimmy Stewart is excellent as always and June Allyson plays his loving, dutiful wife for a 3rd time.
And while the special effects may not exactly be modern state-of-the-art, the flying scenes are dramatic and exhilarating.
No, the problem is SAC's justification for its existence, as personified by Gen. Hawks (Frank Lovejoy). Post Stangelove, Vietnam, Nixon, Afghanistan and Iraq, the unquestioning call to patriotism, backed by stirring music, rings completely hollow, if not downright uncomfortable 50 years later.
One can only wonder how it may be viewed in 2050.
Jimmy Stewart is excellent as always and June Allyson plays his loving, dutiful wife for a 3rd time.
And while the special effects may not exactly be modern state-of-the-art, the flying scenes are dramatic and exhilarating.
No, the problem is SAC's justification for its existence, as personified by Gen. Hawks (Frank Lovejoy). Post Stangelove, Vietnam, Nixon, Afghanistan and Iraq, the unquestioning call to patriotism, backed by stirring music, rings completely hollow, if not downright uncomfortable 50 years later.
One can only wonder how it may be viewed in 2050.