A John Wayne war movie from 1951. Wayne plays second in command on a submarine as he struggles w/the engagements w/the Japanese (a number of the torpedoes don't explode) & trying to rekindle his relationship w/his ex-wife Stateside, played by Patrica Neal, who is also courting the brother of his commander. Being a film which John Ford didn't make, even though some of the supporting cast are Ford regulars (notably Ward Bond as Wayne's superior) makes this film feel like a Ford also ran. The usual amount of male camaraderie & boorish humor is evident but the whole doesn't quite add up making the adventure slightly off kilter but ultimately mildly entertaining. Look for future police officer Martin Milner (of Adam-12 fame) & William Campbell who famously essayed a couple of roles on the original Star Trek (Trelaine & the Klingon Koloth).
Review of Operation Pacific
