I hadn't watched this in many years, but recently caught it on TCM. It's weaker than I remembered. A story about the lives and loves on the homefront in WW2 as Goldie and Christine Lahti play neighbors who go to work at an aircraft manufacturer in Santa Monica. Ed Harris, playing Goldie's spouse enlists in the Navy as does Fred Ward, playing Lahti's sometime BF. At the aircraft plant Goldie draws the attention of the lead on her shift, the appropriately named "Lucky" played by Kurt Russell. The story then goes into soap opera mode as Lucky is able to seduce Goldie and begin a romance. We are given no reason why Goldie decides to cheat on her hubby who's serving somewhere in the S Pacific, presumably at the start of the film they are happy newlyweds. Is she lonely or just horny? And why is Lucky determined to go after a married woman when the equally attractive and available Lahti seems so readily available. In fact after Harris comes home on leave and discovers that his wife and Lucky are involved, she breaks it off and Russell and Lahti do begin a romance, leading to jealousy on Goldie's end, featuring an unintentional hilarious scene where the two ladies take turns calling each other whores on a busy street before having a catfight.
Good costumes, sets and music- it does a fine job of recreating the WW2 homefront. But some really bad dialogue and poor editing.
Good costumes, sets and music- it does a fine job of recreating the WW2 homefront. But some really bad dialogue and poor editing.