Directed by:
Otto PremingerScreenplay:
Wendell MayesCinematography:
Loyal GriggsComposer:
Jerry GoldsmithCast:
John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Tom Tryon, Paula Prentiss, Brandon De Wilde, Dana Andrews, Stanley Holloway, Burgess Meredith, Franchot Tone (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Two discredited Naval officers try to avoid self-destruction after being blamed for the heavy loss at Pearl Harbor. The one takes on a suicide mission to restore his honor. The other leads a fleet in a counterattack, comes out wounded, and is nursed by his ex-wife. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![John Wayne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/663/165663441_0d9ca7.jpg)
John Wayne
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
El Dorado (1966)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
![Kirk Douglas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/709/162709911_18b2aa.jpg)
Kirk Douglas
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Lust for Life (1956)
![Patricia Neal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/387/164387842_01a4a8.jpg)
Patricia Neal
USA
Best movies:
Baxter! (1973)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) (TV movie)
![Tom Tryon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/763/157763580_adc1ce.jpg)
Tom Tryon
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Story of Ruth (1960)
In Harm's Way (1965)
![Paula Prentiss](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/763/157763623_8bdbce.jpg)
Paula Prentiss
USA
Best movies:
The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
Catch-22 (1970)
Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
![Brandon De Wilde](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/045/166045912_6fb0f9.jpg)
Brandon De Wilde
USA
Best movies:
Hud (1963)
The Deserter (1971)
All Fall Down (1962)
![Dana Andrews](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/582/166582949_d1541e.jpg)
Dana Andrews
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Laura (1944)
Ball of Fire (1941)
![Stanley Holloway](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269503_dc8345.jpg)
Stanley Holloway
UK
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Hamlet (1948)
Brief Encounter (1945)
![Burgess Meredith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271967_29d2af.jpg)
Burgess Meredith
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
Of Mice and Men (1939)
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
![Franchot Tone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272390_094c01.jpg)
Franchot Tone
USA
Best movies:
Advise and Consent (1962)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Three Comrades (1938)
![Patrick O'Neal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279726_8e8e34.jpg)
Patrick O'Neal
USA
Best movies:
King Rat (1965)
Columbo (1971) (series)
The Way We Were (1973)
![Slim Pickens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/570/164570669_6f5857.jpg)
Slim Pickens
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
![George Kennedy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/386/164386844_3142e0.png)
George Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Charade (1963)
![Bruce Cabot](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/426/426623_9b957a.jpg)
Bruce Cabot
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
King Kong (1933)
![Barbara Bouchet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/116/164116762_02b27f.jpg)
Barbara Bouchet
German Empire
Best movies:
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
Caliber 9 (1972)
Bedtime Story (1964)
![Larry Hagman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270629_5a8fc8.jpg)
Larry Hagman
USA
Best movies:
Fail-Safe (1964)
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Superman (1978)
![Henry Fonda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/296/164296957_834716.jpg)
Henry Fonda
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Fail-Safe (1964)
![Carroll O'Connor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272698_5a93ba.jpg)
Carroll O'Connor
USA
Best movies:
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Cleopatra (1963)
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
![Jerry Goldsmith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/325/325386_aaa815.jpg)
Jerry Goldsmith
USA
Best movies:
In Harm's Way (1965)
Gremlins (1984)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
![Jill Haworth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455691_7ecee8.jpg)
Jill Haworth
UK
Best movies:
In Harm's Way (1965)
Exodus (1960)
The Cardinal (1963)