What saves this routine film is the sharp sudden comic turn when the babies show up. It is at this point when Charles Laughton shows his mettle. From the beginning of the film, I thought that Laughton had been terribly miscast.
While Brian Donlevy is in solid form, kudos must go to Robert Taylor, especially when he is confronted with the infants on board.
Until the arrival of the babies, the film was quite dull at best.
Walter Brennan plays his usual role as a dedicated enlisted man. Amazingly, he recovered real fast to sink that Japanese ship.
What weakens this film is that there is no really romantic interests in it. Yes, we could have had it despite the misery that World War 11 brought as well as the human sacrifices that had to be endured.
While Brian Donlevy is in solid form, kudos must go to Robert Taylor, especially when he is confronted with the infants on board.
Until the arrival of the babies, the film was quite dull at best.
Walter Brennan plays his usual role as a dedicated enlisted man. Amazingly, he recovered real fast to sink that Japanese ship.
What weakens this film is that there is no really romantic interests in it. Yes, we could have had it despite the misery that World War 11 brought as well as the human sacrifices that had to be endured.