I found and just watched this movie on YouTube. I remember watching it repeatedly in B/W on TV over 60 years ago. I enjoyed it then, as I did now. However, I now have some issues.
First, the dialog was wooden at times. When it was revealed that the woman Powers had his eye on was married; I thought, "I hope she has a black dress to wear at his upcoming funeral."
At 36, Power was rather old to still hold the rank of ensign in the U. S. Navy. Secondly, while temporarily attached to the Army, he says his rank is the equivalent of a major. All the while he's wearing silver oak leaves of a Lt. Colonel. In the U. S. military, a lieutenant in the navy is the equivalent of a captain in the army.
I did think that it was daring to show a higher-ranking Filipino officer giving orders to a lower-ranking white American officer.
I also thought the close-ups of several tooth-challenged natives celebrating their liberation by Gen. MacArthur's forces was a garish, demeaning, and grotesque attempt at humor at their expense.
First, the dialog was wooden at times. When it was revealed that the woman Powers had his eye on was married; I thought, "I hope she has a black dress to wear at his upcoming funeral."
At 36, Power was rather old to still hold the rank of ensign in the U. S. Navy. Secondly, while temporarily attached to the Army, he says his rank is the equivalent of a major. All the while he's wearing silver oak leaves of a Lt. Colonel. In the U. S. military, a lieutenant in the navy is the equivalent of a captain in the army.
I did think that it was daring to show a higher-ranking Filipino officer giving orders to a lower-ranking white American officer.
I also thought the close-ups of several tooth-challenged natives celebrating their liberation by Gen. MacArthur's forces was a garish, demeaning, and grotesque attempt at humor at their expense.