A film detailing the defense of insanity with the background that the accused is the brother-in-law of a United States Congressman.
Keenan Wynn delivers an excellent performance as the American officer who in front of 11 witnesses shot a British army man for his alleged racist activities-cavorting with African American women. He epitomizes hatred in the film while claiming that the next war will be a racial one.
Robert Mitchum is called in to be his defense attorney in a case that is supposedly one to get out of the way and just hang Wynn.
A much younger Sam Wanamaker is the psychiatrist whose report on Wynn was conveniently ignored and when Wanamaker is called to testify, he is conveniently transferred and is killed in a car accident while attempting to join the trial.
The film would have been ever better had we viewed the Congressman and the technique of flashbacks be used to see what Wynn's life was like before he joined the army. Even with a brother-in-law in Congress, it's hard to envision how such a nut case was ever accepted into the army.
France Nuyen places a nurse who falls for Mitchum in record time even for movie standards.
The film is one of duty and ethical dilemma.
Keenan Wynn delivers an excellent performance as the American officer who in front of 11 witnesses shot a British army man for his alleged racist activities-cavorting with African American women. He epitomizes hatred in the film while claiming that the next war will be a racial one.
Robert Mitchum is called in to be his defense attorney in a case that is supposedly one to get out of the way and just hang Wynn.
A much younger Sam Wanamaker is the psychiatrist whose report on Wynn was conveniently ignored and when Wanamaker is called to testify, he is conveniently transferred and is killed in a car accident while attempting to join the trial.
The film would have been ever better had we viewed the Congressman and the technique of flashbacks be used to see what Wynn's life was like before he joined the army. Even with a brother-in-law in Congress, it's hard to envision how such a nut case was ever accepted into the army.
France Nuyen places a nurse who falls for Mitchum in record time even for movie standards.
The film is one of duty and ethical dilemma.