Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.
- beach
- based on novel or book
- hawaii
- world war ii
- harassment
- pearl harbor
- military base
- black and white
- bombing
- extramarital affair
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Burt Lancaster
1st Sgt. Milton Warden
Montgomery Clift
Pvt. Robert E. Lee 'Prew' Prewitt
Deborah Kerr
Karen Holmes
Donna Reed
Alma 'Lorene' Burke
- Frank Sinatra — Pvt. Angelo Maggio
- Philip Ober — Capt. Dana Holmes
- Mickey Shaughnessy — Cpl. Leva
- Harry Bellaver — Pvt. Mazzioli
- Ernest Borgnine — Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson
- Jack Warden — Cpl. Buckley
- John Dennis — Sgt. Ike Galovitch
- Merle Travis — Sal Anderson
- Tim Ryan — Sgt. Pete Karelsen
- Arthur Keegan — Treadwell
- Barbara Morrison — Mrs. Kipfer
- Directed
- Fred Zinnemann
- Written
- Daniel Taradash
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 715 ratings
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
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