- Also Known As:
- Unknown
- Version:
- Language:
- Length:
- 124 minutes
- needed to precede following dd
- Uncut
- Review Format:
- DVD
- Year:
- 1959
- Country:
- Predominant Genre:
- Comedy
- Director:
- Outstanding Performances:
- Premiss:
- A submarine commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit boat, a
con-man executive officer & group of army nurses. - Themes:
- Destiny
- Family
- Humanity
- Loneliness
- Love
- Mankind
- Materialism
- Narcissism
- Nature
- Personal
- Personal change
- Political
- Preventive
- Rationality
- Redemption
Self-Esteem - Sex
- Sexual Repression
- Stereotyping
- White culture
- Similar to:
- Unknown
Getting on top of the problem
Somewhat unpatriotic and downright
A subtle and classy movie about a US Navy submarine that finds it difficult to see action (to lose its military virginity) because the human urge to procreate is stronger than the desire for revenge over Pearl Harbor. No matter how much the boat’s commander wants to get back at the Japanese, the libido is always more powerful than the sword; the
The contrivances are a little unbelievable, but the point is well made that men and women confined in the limited space of a submarine are bound to get on top of one another. Although set in 1941, this movie is really about the release of libido that follows a total war - producing baby booms - than it is about the actual commission of war.
The performances are all topflight and the only real problem is that the characterization is not as profound as needed for a story about basic humanity
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