Starts out kind of slow, but from the credits, we see Jim Backus (Thurston Howell !) is in here, so it must get better. Stars Jim Hutton as a WW II soldier Wye, who gets clunked on the head playing baseball. his hospital nurse is Lieutenant Molly (Paula Prentiss), who he knew back in school. Then Wye is shipped out. by now he has hit it off with nursey, so he's trying to track her down. Hutton made five films with Prentiss during the 1960s. and Walk, Don't Run with Cary Grant. Sadly, Hutton died quite young at 45, making for a short career. it's kind of a slow boil, but entertaining enough if you hang in there. Backus is the Commander, blustering and storming about. they should have used him more, or something. Observant viewers will spot Miyoshi Umeki, who was also Mrs. Livingston in "courtship of eddie's father". it's all okay. Directed by Richard Thorpe; started in the silents, and directed right up into the 1960s. Thorpe had just made "honeymoon machine" with Hutton and Prentiss in supporting roles the year before. Original book by Gordon Cotler, who had also written the story on which they based Arabesque! It's pretty good, but wasn't nominated for any awards. Thorpe won a few film festivals, and even got a star on the walk of fame, but also was never nominated.
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