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None But the Brave (1965)

Director: Frank Sinatra

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From Time Out Film Guide

Sinatra's sole attempt at direction prefigures Boorman's Hell in the Pacific by stranding a World War II planeload of American marines on the same tiny island in the Solomons as a band of marooned survivors from a Japanese battalion. The carefully constructed mood as the two groups warily circle each other - spasmodically clashing in battle, tentatively setting up lines of contact, gradually establishing an all too brief time out of war - is stupidly fractured by two flashbacks obviously designed to provide a love interest; and the anti-war message is naively overplayed. Nevertheless, Sinatra displays great competence as an action director, and a sequence where the Americans attempt to capture a boat laboriously built by the Japanese is beautifully choreographed, ending with a memorable shot of both sides staring in silence as a hand-grenade destroys their only means of escape. Excellent performances, too (with the Japanese mercifully allowed to speak Japanese).

Author: TM 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Time Out Film Guide

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  • Michael Cauley said...
    Posted on Jul 11 2007 13:58 I checked out None But The Brave to find out if it was considered a drama or a comedy. From the moment Tommy Sands stepped out of the downed aircraft, trying to emulate a tough, gravelly-voiced lieutenant, to the scenes of both Japanese and American soldiers wearing the same phony camoflage on their helmets, I was screaming with laughter. I honestly though someone... the actors, the director, the prop personnel... someone had decided to make this a campy, strange movie. I would not be surprised a bit if it someday became a cult classic: the worst movie you will ever see.
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Cast & crew

Director: Frank Sinatra

Producer: Frank Sinatra

Cast: Clint Walker, Tatsuya Mihashi, Frank Sinatra, Tommy Sands, Brad Dexter, Takeshi Kato, Tony Bill, Sammy Jackson full cast

Genre(s): War

Duration: 105 mins

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