IN HARM'S WAY - Admiral Torrey (John Wayne) reconciled with son (Brandon De Wilde)

In Harm's Way is a 1965 American epic war film produced and directed by Otto Preminger and starring John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Tom Tryon, Paula Prentiss, Stanley Holloway, Burgess Meredith, Brandon De Wilde, Jill Haworth, Dana Andrews, and Henry Fonda.
It was the last black-and-white World War II epic and the last black-and-white John Wayne film. It received a mixed response over the years as a war story that had a simple story but not a complex one or a great one, a charge leveled against Preminger's later movies, starting with this one. The screenplay was written by Wendell Mayes based on the novel Harm's Way by James Bassett.
The film recounts the lives of several US naval officers and their wives or lovers while based in Hawaii as the US involvement in World War II begins. The title of the film comes from a quote from American Revolutionary naval hero John Paul Jones: "I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm's way."
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[@colwilliamnoydb4134]

This played out differently for me when I was a young 2nd Lt. Same as an Ensign. My father had the same rank, 2 star Major General, same as a Rear Admiral. Was at 29 Palms, Marine Desert Warfare training base. Was sitting on my cot doing paper work. I heard the order to come to attention, from a Lt Col who walked in. Most are called for attention for the Lt Col, not from them. We all Jumped up. I had taken my blouse off and cover, just bottoms and t shirt. Heard my named called for front and center. Put my cammo top on and cover and went up and saluted. My father walks in(He' was the regional commander-Us Army) at the time. I salute, He returns my salute. He leans in and kisses me on the cheek. Like he did when I was a boy. I guess I was still his little boy. I teared up and he said get a hold of yourself. He asked my Battalion Commander if he could have some time with me. Lt Col. said yes sir. We went and had lunch while his staff did their own thing. Base Commander, another Maj General stopped by to say hi to my father. We had a good moment. Was not always like that but after my oldest brother was shot down in Vietnam, he changed. When he left he hugged me, and told me he was proud of me. People were just staring as an Army General is hugging a young Marine 2ns Lt. After he left, I went into a restroom stall and cried. Miss him every day of my life now that he is gone.

[@roderickstockdale1678]

Was your brother KIA?

[@blakeroskelley9584]

Hearing that story makes me want to cry.

[@ElmoUnk1953]

I was at my son’s Crucible Ceremony at Edson Range, the same place I had been thirty years before. “Congratulations Marine.” “Thanks dad.” My “allergies” still bother me. ❤️🇺🇸❤️

[@TTony-tu6dm]

Thanks for sharing that story with us. All the best to you and yours

[@1903A3shooter]

A great story because it is true and from the heart. Thank you and your Dad for your service.

[@bluehornet6752]

I never knew this, but Brandon de Wilde (John Wayne's character's son here) was killed in a traffic accident in Denver Colorado on July 6, 1972. He was only 30 at the time. Wow--very tragic ending for a promising actor. RIP.

[@408knw]

Increasingly - as I've grown older - a favorite. My father was a sailor in WWII. His take on the whole business is pretty well vindicated in this movie. "Now -- gentlemen -- we all know that the Navy is never wrong -- but, in this case, it was just a little weak on bein' right...."

[@stevem7999]

Despite its shortcomings, this IS a great film. This was a movie that influenced me a great deal at a young age. From the moment I saw it, I wanted to be a Naval Officer. "Rock" Torre was actually a pretty good role model for a C.O., and when I became one, I tried to remember his example. Things like loyalty, honor, and devotion to duty never go out of fashion. Although he had difficulty at first outwardly showing affection for his son, and for Maggie (Patricia Neal), he never stopped trying to bridge the emotional gap. I liked his friendship with CDR Powell (Burgess Meredith), his mentorship of Mac McConnell, and his attempt to salvage CAPT Paul Eddington's (Kirk Douglas) career. He was not an empty uniform or a ruthless Flag-wannabe. . . he was a good man who made great sacrifices to serve his Country. In other words, the pride of the old Navy. In that sense, I wanted to be just like him.

[@douglasewell]

The rock had integrity !

[@douglasewell]

d barboza I was so influenced by this move, that I to joined the US Navy.Wow I thought I was the only one!

[@stevem7999]

No, you were NOT alone. I was 18 the first time I ever really watched the movie, and from that moment forward, I wanted to wear that uniform. And when I actually got to set foot on Ford Island in my 12th year of service, it was like coming home. There are no Rock Torrey's in the "new Navy," unfortunately. Boy, could we use them.

[@d0ublecr0xx]

Thank you for your service, Steve M and D Barboza. Our father served USMC at Saipan, Enewetak, Kwajaleins, Wake Island after shipping out to American Samoa on the SS Lurline with thousands of other sailors and marines in July, 1942. He was just 19, a boy from Rising Star, TX, who met my mother in Los Angeles while he trained at Camp Pendleton. They wed in Yuma, AZ before his deployment. I have his 4th Division book from Camp Pendleton in his collection of books that he left behind. We lost him in August of 2014. He and Mom were married 72 years. He returned to the Mainland, attended USC, where our Great Grandmother lived just off campus and studied engineering. He built DC-3 for Douglas, all the way through MD-80's for McDonnell Douglas. He was a wing stress engineer. He ran forensics for Bechtel in San Francisco for 5 years. I will visit Washington DC this June with childhood friends who are also children of aerospace engineers. Our father left more than a legacy. He left a big hole and shoes I cannot fill. So, I want to choose for strength, honor, families and kindness. His blood runs through my veins. No one can ever take that away.

[@stevem7999]

Wow! I am blown away by your story. What a blessed man your Dad was--and your Mom! We share in common the privilege of parents who set a great example for us, loved us, and each other. We are fortunate sons. We can never repay your Marine Dad for his sacrifice during WWII. . . My father landed at Normandy on June 6, 1944, and met my mother in Germany after the war. So, in that regard, you and I would not be here if the war had never occurred. Ever wonder about it? It's good and right that you should revere you dad and preserve his memory. He led an extraordinary life. Being married to the same woman for 72 years is a feat all by itself. I hope your kids share your admiration for their grandparents. They made America great.

[@Builder99]

You can talk about being a father or not knowing how in this movies character, but in fact he was a great father and raised a good set of kids any man would be proud of...In this movie he said all the right words needed to help his son...Telling about the rape was not needed. Giving him the ring told the boy what the girl thought of him...

[@rickaz80]

I can watch this film over and over.

[@THAL1499]

John Wayne's scene with Patricia Neal is one of the most touching scenes ever filmed.The tenderness displayed defies description.

[@dncarac]

I think when she slips off her shoes is one of the sexiest scenes ever.

[@castinmeadows6956]

@@dncarac Agreed. A suggestive "less is more" is the real turn-on. The imagination is left to ponder the feeling rather than fleeting titillation. It's a sexy scene also because it's between two psychologically mature adults (and two incredible veteran actors) - a lot of richness there. Regrettably, what no longer exists in rampantly juvenile/hollow movies today. Hard to fake depth of character on screen where there isn't any in the actor.

[@b42baritone]

I've heard that Patricia Neal did not liked John Wayne earlier in her career. It was during this movie that she liked him.

[@martinvannostrand1]

My all time favorite John Wayne movie. This scene and the one with Wayne and Burgess Meredith on the bridge the night before the big battle are classics. Bravo Mr. Preminger...bravo.

[@jongrant1215]

This movie is probably my favorite John Wayne movie. His portrayal of Admiral Torrey exemplifies the best of an officer.

[@edriant1916]

This is about my favorite John Wayne movie. I don't always like his films, his usual tough-guy character annoys me. I like this one because he's tough when he needs to be but also human, he connects with a woman, and reconciles with his son just in time. I love what he says to Burgess Meredith just before the shooting starts: "Great battles are fought by a lot of scared men who'd rather be somewhere else."

[@jephrokimbo9050]

very well thought out and written. there are some of John Wayne's movies that I will take a pass on as well but among some of his best were with Kirk Douglas in my opinion. (In Harm's Way, Cast A Giant Shadow, and The War Wagon). as a point of trivia John Wayne as a young man had aspirations of attending The United States Naval Academy at Annapolis but was offered a football scholarship at USC instead. he lost the scholarship after being injured body surfing in southern california and became a stunt man in the movie industry. all of the principle actors in this movie served during World War Two except John Wayne who was given a deferment because of a family of 4 children at the time.

[@Charon58]

@@jephrokimbo9050 The fact that he sought and accepted the deferment was reportedly a source of life long shame for him. His career had just taken off at the beginning of the war (after the success of Stagecoach) and he stayed home to capitalize. This is understandable but should be taken into account when attempting to build him into a hero instead of an actor.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

@@Charon58 To be fair to the Duke he was draft-exempt having four children. This wouldn't have prevented him from enlisting BUT to do so Republic Pictures would have had to release him from his contract, and this they refused to do as he was their biggest star and box-office draw. And if he enlisted anyway it would have been a "You'll never work in this town again!" situation which it would have been irresponsible for a father of four to ignore. People bring up Clark Gable as one who bucked the system and enlisted but Gable was unique, as the "King of Hollywood" the "You'll never work ..." threat wouldn't work with him. If MGM dumpled him other studios would have been more than happy to snap him up. John Wayne wasn't Clark Gable, in fact he wouldn't become "John Wayne" until well into the post-war era. Still, the fact he didn't serve in WW2 did bother him for the rest of his life.

[@jameshoran8]

He was so happy and proud his son finally matured.

[@MadAnthonyI]

I love this film.

[@ranneylarry]

One of the classes I teach at ASU is Fine Arts: Cinema so, as a devoted film fan and a John Wayne fan, this is the Duke's best performance. Paramount's 'True Grit' was his Academy Award film, but 'In Harm's Way' was his best.

[@stevem7999]

Good on yoiu, Larry. I have a sneaking suspicion you are a rarity among film professors: A fan of John Wayne. God only knows what rotten things are said about this American icon on college campuses today. I loved the guy and wept when he died. Like you, I thought he was fantastic in this film.

[@taproom113]

Agree, Larry. I loved his performance in "The Alamo" also. He could inject humor as well as serious drama, as he showed in "The Undefeated". Loved that film ! GodSpeed Duke … ^v^

[@johnnyangel9163]

I always thought his best was The Cowboys when he played a rancher forced to use school boys on a cattle drive.But in this scene with his son was handled right."I want you to get a hold of yourself "......

[@stevem7999]

@@johnnyangel9163 Good observation, Johnny. "The Cowboys" is my favorite Wayne western film--and that is saying something.

[@johnharris6655]

I would throw in his performance as Captain Nathan Brittles from She Wore A Yellow Ribbon as one of his best.

[@penumbra155]

I agree, this is one of the best war movies ever made. I always thought this scene was very poignant and touching. The look of bewilderment and dismay on Brandon De WIlde's face is worthy of an Oscar. Also, Admiral Tory's sincere but awkward attempt at a rapprochement, and the unspoken understanding between father and son, is particularly compelling. I think most sons and fathers who have had their differences hope for such closure. I would like to think that my father and I achieved ours.

[@MichaelWilliams-zh1ee]

penumbra155 Then you are fortunate. Closure is probably a rare thing. I missed twice. With my father and my son Well said.

[@castinmeadows6956]

penumbra155 Lovely, eloquent comment. And true.

[@guitarreman]

I never got my closure. 30 years later I'm no worse for wear. It is what it is.

[@paulpeterson4216]

It was a great moment between father and son. And I know it was war time; but, it took the son all of about six seconds to get over the death of his girl.

[@nstix2009xitsn]

As moving as the dialogue and acting are in this scene, the music is the star. That's what moves you. Thank you, Jerry Goldsmith, may you rest in peace.

[@romanticandperky]

This movie was filmed, for the most part, aboard The U.S.S St. Paul, which actually saw combat duty in the Pacific during WWII (also the Korean War). In real life, the Captain of this ship was my maternal grandfather. His First Mate was John McCain Sr.

[@russellrichardson46]

Doubting Thomas not first mate. XO (executive officer)

[@jeg5gom]

When John Wayne, in any of his personas, tells you to "get a hold of yourself", you better grab on to a sturdy tree or boulder.

[@DeereX748]

Probably my favorite war movie of that era, and the stellar cast were amazing.

[@simonchurch.]

John Wayne at his best :)

[@FCSchaefer]

This is a great war movie, even if the effects don't hold up, it's the great cast in scenes like this that we remember. It's one of John Wayne's best and most mature performances; sadly the film has been almost forgotten except for die hard fans.

[@Setebos]

I agree. My appreciation for this film is such that I can easily overlook the poor modelwork and such and recognize that Preminger wasn't working to produce a battle epic, but a story of the people caught up in war. My favorite John Wayne/Kirk Douglas team-up.

[@iansinclair8055]

It's my favorite John Wayne movie along with "Sands of Iwo Jima".

[@1903A3shooter]

John Wayne was and is one of my favorite, My uncle had a radio repair shop in La. after the war, he went to Mr. Wayne's house for a repair job twice, the Hispanic maid said "you send Mr. Wayne a bill", he did but never got the money, Uncle Ernie joked about it for years.

[@robertnucci7994]

My father was training for the amphibious assault on Japan . His ship U.S.S. KEPHART was a fast destroyer troop transport and as a member of the boat crew in LCVP 1 he had already made 11 assaults against the Japanese under fire from an enemy that did not believe in surrender. How many times he related to me that almost to a man the men who were to make that assault on the Japanese home islands did not expect to survive to go home. Of course the A-Bomb changed all that. I have been a avid ww2 movie buff all my life and this an excellent movie of that era of the greatest generation.

[@lasvegasbartender6123]

To this day people will always ask if dropping the A-bomb was right. To this day I will say it saved more lives then it took. What people do not understand is that there were many US prisoners on the island. Japan had order all be executed the day the first US soldiers step on Japan soil. So yes many were killed, but many more were saved.

[@dougc190]

I'm here because they dropped that bomb.my grandfather was in the first Calvary, he was going to be in one of the first in the invasion of Kyushu Island. The first part of Operation Downfall called Operation Olympic. There would have been a lot of us not around if they had done those two invasions

[@hoatattis7283]

Robert Nucci : Be sure to see" When Trumpets Fade" for action and realism and" Ice Cold in Alex"with John Mills all the actors WW2 vets. A little action but a good movie none the less

[@hoatattis7283]

@@lasvegasbartender6123 If they had more, drop the lot and walk away

[@lasvegasbartender6123]

@@hoatattis7283 not needed but save them for a future day. It's one thing to drop an enemy to his knees, it's another to out right kill them in cold blood.

[@olddocman]

I served 20 years in the US Navy, all of them in the Hospital Corps. I really enjoy all those old school Navy Films , unlike today's movies, It isnt quite the same. The last good old school military film I saw was Hack Saw Ridge. God Bless Doc Desmond and all the Medical Personnel of the Military in all seasons of war.

[@timsparks1858]

There is not a day goes by when I think of both of them my Dad retired from the Airforce and my mother who did her part as a Major in the CAP/honorary Maj. USAFR. When I joined the State military years ago I remembered them in a new way. They are and will always be my Heroes.

[@whiskeyify]

I noticed he didn't salute his father, but that's the rule in the Navy, we don't salute uncovered, he wasn't wearing a cap.

[@ronaldrobertson2332]

Good observation, troop.

[@dwightrogers6760]

It’s a movie. It’s more than 50 years .

[@phillipbrown8346]

Great movie...

[@warrenwhite9085]

So I believe the director intentionally had the son uncovered so he didn’t have to salute the Dad, avoiding a suggestion of deference to his father, supporting the arrogant wayward son storyline.

[@ToughXArmy69]

Otto Preminger cast John Wayne in an all star film set in the Pacific campaign. I liked this movie a lot and especially gorgeous Paula Prentiss and Tom Tryon (whom Preminger tore to shreds during the filming). This is a great war film. Very enjoyable. Duke Wayne is superb. Fine support by Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Dana Andrews along with Prentiss and Tryon. Say what you will re Preminger being an on set Martinet, he made fine films with great stars: Newman, Novak, Sinatra, Stewart, Laughton

[@richardm3023]

He played the commandant in Stalag 17. And then Mr. Freeze in the Adam West Batman t.v. show.

[@roderickstockdale1678]

Tom Tryon was a Navy vet of the war and served at Okinawa...real fact!

[@USCGCoasttoast]

Great movie!Never can make one that this every again.

[@fredflintstone2927]

One of my favorite John Wayne movies with very good cast... Patricia Neal played a very good love interest for the Duke. Rape and sex were not discussed back in those days... it was just considered taboo. Admiral Torrey was trying to spare his son more pain in not telling him that his fiancee had been raped and had become pregnant - and had killed herself for those reasons. Even using the word pregnant was considered taboo ... you always had to say she is expecting; or she is going to have a baby. The word pregnant was considered dirty; because sex was implied ... like getting knocked up. It was about being discreet and proper... men did not hug their boys... it was not considered manly. Men did not really play with their children very much - that was also considered unmanly. This is a very good war movie and is one of my favorites; and I am glad that I own it. There are 4 John Wayne movies that I really like ... In Harm's Way, The Searchers, The Quiet Man, and McClintock. I left out True Grit because even though Mr Wayne does a good job (and received his Academy Award) Glen Campbell was terrible in that movie with his 70's haircut and poor acting. Kim Darby didn't do a very good job either. It was also filmed largely in Colorado - which doesn't even come close to looking like Arkansas.

[@sg-yq8pm]

A lot of ridiculous mass generalizing about a large and varied society in that comment. there were plenty of households where those claims were not true.

[@john-paulnagel2732]

Great Acting! This Scene was Very Hard!

[@user-tc2rv2mz8e]

I was a marine attached to Naval base at Great Lakes in 70. Stopped by in early 2000s, all training, admin, new chow hall, barrack, athletic fields, medical buildings were gone except one one small building with they had old pictures of base. Nobody I ran into knew anything, before them. Sad.

[@mikevonkleist6767]

Great scene. The father he never really knew, breaking very devastating news. She committed suicide because of what Kirk Douglas's character had done to her. Love this movie.

[@mikhailiagacesa3406]

Rape. Don't mince words.

[@cdmorrissy3692]

Yes, Kirk was quite a flawed character in this film, but at least he had the decency to kill himself.....

[@knicklas48]

Have loved the black and white in this film since I saw it in a theater.

[@stuartfitzsimons2786]

One of John Wayne's best performances. When this film comes on television I am compelled to watch. I would love to watch this in a theater.

[@MrGeorgeE3]

+Stuart Fitzsimons I bought a copy on DVD through amazon. It would be nice to have it on Blu-ray. www.amazon.com/Harms-Way-John-Wayne/dp/B00AEFYBA6/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1451863704&sr=1-2&keywords=in+harms+way

[@josephkelly-seymour4816]

MrGeorgeE3

[@theophilusthistle1988]

It's a sad reflection on the state of this country realizing films like this are rarely if ever shown on TV anymore.

[@markharrison2544]

Wayne was a talentless draft dodging coward.

[@theophilusthistle1988]

Did you personally know Wayne? Then you're not qualified to slander the man's reputation like that, an opinion nobody gives a rat's ass about anyway. Wayne tried to enlist in the OSS...He was 34, married with 4 children. Whether you "approve" of him or not, He's given the world a lot more positives than you ever will.

[@whiskeyify]

that was just the proper thing to do, his dad is in uniform and so he was just showing respect for the rank he holds. He of course didn't salute like him as the Capt. did but that's because he was uncovered, not wearing a cap.

[@WornoutRNPARAMEDIC]

This might be John Wayne's best military WWII movie of which there are of course other very good one's. I'll always miss John Wayne.

[@Arbeedubya]

@THAL1499 This ranks as one of my favorite John Wayne movies. For a long time I couldn't quite figure out why, until it was pointed out that it was one of Wayne's more sensitive performances (I loved his comment to Egan that "all battles are fought by scared men who would rather be someplace else"). It's also been pointed out that he'd already had a lung removed due to cancer and that a sense of his own mortality was possible weighing on him.

[@thomast8539]

A sense of mortality should weigh on all of us, not daily, but from time to time to keep us level.

[@michaelh2716]

@@thomast8539 I'm 67 and in good health. I work out at a gym and now I'm riding an e-bike! With that said...I know I'm on the South Side of my life. But I'll be going down swinging! My wife and I are very close to our 2 sons!

[@edmonddantes3640]

I've read the novel this film was based on. The movie stayed pretty close to the source material but one alteration was the relationship of Admiral Torrey and his son Jere, in the book, there was no animosity at all even though they hadn't seen each other in years.

[@F4FWildcat]

Brandon De Wilde was a promising young actor. A child actor that was beginning to make his chops as an adult actor before his life was tragically cut short. In Harms Way, remains one of my favorite movies.

[@castinmeadows6956]

Tom Andrews IHW, agreed, one of the best war films from the U.S. And DeWilde having more than held his impressive own across from Wayne, big time, and across a range of character development and emotions. That's an accomplishment of no small "chops"... for anyone. Sterling performances from a great cast. And, for my money, Wayne's best. Excellent writing and direction. However, the movie, to me, has two serious flaws, and one disappointing shortfall; but these do not undercut the overall power of the movie - which is, no question, character-driven (thus, the nature of its two flaws and one disappointment). Those mistakes aside, it's one of Hollywood's finest war films. And one of my favorite movies as well, period.

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@castinmeadows6956 Hey! No fair leaving out the details. What do you find to be the two flaws and one shortfall? What is the difference between a flaw and a shortfall? Personally, the most serious flaw I find in the movie is that the men aboard the USS Cassidy are rather too happy and cheerful during their run out of Pearl during the attack. Also, I don't think it would be possible to get up a head of steam from a cold start nearly as fast as they did.

[@odysseusrex5908]

I just found out he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the role of Joey in Shane. Quite a career he had.

[@markb1100]

He was the boy in Shane

[@eleanoraitken1207]

a great film to remember

[@9johnpaul]

Looking through a book a few weeks back on John Wayne's film career. It had some pictures in it and one was of these two playing a game of chess on the set while taking a break. The chess set looked like a kids, very small with magnets on the bottom of the pieces. Another picture had John Wayne playing chess with Steve Forrest while they were taking a break on the set of the Longest Day.

[@lonmcq7317]

He was quite a chess player...

[@teller1290]

I heard he'd play with a wooden Indian (oops) if he had to.

[@stevem7999]

I just saw one of The Duke playing chess with Dean Martin! Who'd have believed it?

[@jephrokimbo9050]

@@stevem7999 i just saw a picture of John Wayne playing chess with Kirk Douglas on the set of In Harm's Way still dressed in character.

[@CaesarInVa]

A beautifully poignant rapprochement between estranged father and callow son. The only thing that could have improved an otherwise impeccable performance was if Brandon DeWilde's character had said at their parting "Goodbye, Dad" instead of just "Goodbye". In some ways, this scene was similar to a moment I had with my father. I was 20 at the time and had joined the Navy a couple years earlier as an Aviation Anti-Submarine Warfare Technician. We were due to head out on our cruise in April, so I came home for Xmas leave during a break in the work-ups. As I was falling off to sleep one night my father came into my room and told me how proud he was of me (dad was 43 when I was born and had been a career naval aviator, so in a lot of ways this scene really hits close to home....with exception to the fact that the Japanese weren't trying to blow my head off nightly). I still remember him sitting at the foot of the bed telling me how proud he was of me, and I was sitting there trying to hold my breath in the hopes that he wouldn't smell the stale beer and pot smoke on my breath.

[@joeenglert]

as john was drving off , brandon should have said "come back Wayne" that would have been hella funny and lightened up the scene

[@TWS-pd5dc]

Except he never said "Come back Shane!". He said "Shane! Come back!"

[@colwilliamnoydb4134]

Here I am watching this movie again, and to think, "My God, I was that young", when I was a 2nd Lt in the Marines. Does not look like the old man I see staring back at me in the mirror.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

You too huh? Same here. Semper Fi my friend!

[@davidparker5097]

My favorite movie full of stars

[@colwilliamnoydb4134]

The saddest part of this, is when his son looks at him like he is going to have some father and son time, and his dad drops a bomb on him. Breaks your heart if you know how this kind of life played out.

[@johnnyangel9163]

But Torrey did it right;"I want you to get a hold of yourself ".Also he kept the real reason of her death from him.Thats hiw a man handles relaying tragic news to another man.

[@TheBatugan77]

Similar to Charleton Heston and his son in Midway. Sort of reconciled, but not really. War is a tough backdrop.

[@colwilliamnoydb4134]

@@TheBatugan77 That was a great moment when he tells his son to Shape up Tiger or some zero is going to flame your ass.

[@sgt.grinch3299]

This is a magnificent movie.

[@roderickstockdale1678]

Great Film. This is my favorite part of the score!

[@stanleydomalewski8497]

Great Movie !😊

[@D__Lee]

The movie is fairly faithful to the novel “Harm’s Way” except in this scene. The Admiral NEVER told his son that his girlfriend had died. His son and his PT boat squadron were going into a “suicidal” battle and the Admiral did not want his son Jere distracted or upset before engaging the vastly superior Japanese Navy. Jere was KIA never knowing about his girlfriend’s death. Given the situation, I think the book handled it more realistically than the movie.

[@odysseusrex5908]

Well, I think a bigger difference is that, in the book, Rock and Jere had always been close, rather than being estranged as they are at the beginning of the movie.

[@9johnpaul]

Well, your right in that he doesn't say she has died, but at the 00:57 he says she is dead.

[@sammyvh11]

A movie like this today with all these stars would be impossible due to the salaries involved. Hollywood used to be great. No cgi just talent. RIP

[@bms2550]

WOW!!!

[@JEMCochran49]

My favorite movie.

[@Bam-BamMoore-zz2vk]

GR8 MOVIE...🎥

[@retiredusvet4396]

The Duke - Always a great Legend!

[@izzat_izzudin7287]

Do you have Torrey and Jere first meeting clip? Night boat scene ? Love that one

[@robertbishop5357]

The only part of this scene that I wish they would have changed is instead of Torrey saying goodbye he would have said see you again. A great movie.

[@stevem7999]

I think he (Torrey) had had a premonition that he would go off to fight and not come back. It proved to be almost true.

[@hebneh]

At the time this film was shot, there were still enough surviving WWII vehicles and other equipment to be able to fill up the shots with authentic machinery - as you see in the background here. For me, that helps a lot with making me believe what I'm seeing.

[@bigsur175]

Dam I want to see the movie now

[@bellarosa009]

Such a great movie. My husband and I have watched it many times. I can never understand his girlfriend (actually, his fiancé). She always comes across to me as a big tease.

[@dorothycoker8830]

I can't think of any of The Dukes movies I didn't enjoy. He was the best!

[@markharrison2544]

His films were racist.

[@odysseusrex5908]

Oh, he definitely had some stinkers. Jet Pilot comes to mind.

[@roderickstockdale1678]

Sadly, Mark is right. I didn't see one in The Green Berets(I didn't see one Black person in it)and that had a Japanese-American in it(Jack Soo)

[@lonmcq7317]

@@roderickstockdale1678 Really??? You didn't in The Green Berets???... Narrow minded idiot...

[@lonmcq7317]

@@markharrison2544 Why don't you get a hobby...Idiot...

[@ronnyd011]

Truly a great era for films. No concern with all this PC BS going on today.

[@johncipriano3627]

I’ve read the book several times this movie is based on , the difference between the two is far to imagine.

[@Section5_CdnIntelService]

Never mind the US military. John Wayne won WW2 all by himself.

[@jchan3358]

Then Chuck Norris won everything else after that.

[@LordZontar]

Maybe. But things like that weren't widely talked about back then, and Torrey -new to fatherhood after all the years he was absent from Jere's life- was clumsily trying to spare his son's feelings. He admitted to Maggie in an earlier scene that he knew almost nothing about fatherhood; that he was used to dealing with young men as a ship's captain. And it was considered more important to help a son "bear up" to grief rather than show it.

[@Arbeedubya]

@1958Antimatter Thanks for clarifying that. Maybe I was thinking of True Grit or one of his later movies (though IHW could be considered one of his later movies, I suppose). In any event, it's still a very enjoyable movie. Brandon de Wilde, of course, will always be remembered by fans of classic movies as the hero-worshipping little boy Joey Starrett in Shane.

[@drj3604]

There are many parts of this movie that are embarrassingly bad, but there are just enough parts that are good and memorable enough to watch again from time to time.

[@cheswick617]

embarrassingly bad? really? which? because I've watched it many times and don't think there's a bad or slow part in it.

[@drj3604]

@@cheswick617 Seriously ? The special effects are laughable and even by 1960s standards. The acting is also uneven.

[@bigsur175]

I want to watch the movie now

[@TheRichb688]

why not put the whole movie up?

[@retire14pattaya9]

Brando dewilde died at 30 in 1972 Car crash. Talented young actor from movie "shane"

[@williamkelly6319]

It's so realistic. They look so good. God bless those WW veterans and all of our allies including the Russians.

[@numbersix8919]

This movie and "Sands of Iwo Jima" are my favorite John Wayne movies, #3 is "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance." For anyone who's read "The Naked and the Dead" the general/admiral depicted in that book and this movie appears to be based on a real character who some serious political and character problems.

[@EnglishbySkype]

Mr George, may I ask you where that beautiful bay is that you have as your channel art?

[@MrGeorgeE3]

Hi English, I'm not really sure. It was one of those ready made backgrounds from KZbin when I set it. They have probably changed the selections since then. Like you, I thought it was a beautiful scene when I chose it for my channel art. I'm glad you like it.

[@EnglishbySkype]

No worries buddy! Thanks for the reply

[@JamesDodson-ur4rh]

If you like the movie, read the book. Harm's Way by James Bassett. Much more background and detail.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

A great Navy war film, always a good watch! The only thing that spoils it are the cheap models of the Japanese ships in the climactic battle, even the semi-fog overlay doesn't help. Pretty poor when you compare the model work to the ships in "Sink The Bismarck" and "Tora-Tora-Tora. Even Kirk Douglas hated the models and thought they spoiled the whole sequence. Now that part of "In Harms Way" would be a great candidate for a CGI improvement. (And I'm not a big fan of CGI although I admit it has it's uses.)

[@jimmason1072]

Come back Shane....come back....! Good movie and story line....the model boats not so good....really strong cast....

[@royd.687]

This is Duke's best war movie, in my opinion.

[@CaptVic64]

He had a lung removed some three years prior to the release of "In Harms Way"

[@terrelmchenry9524]

THOSE WERE 63 FT. A.V.R.'S IN THAT MOVIE,,,I HAD ONE,,,BUT V-DRIVE...

[@dncarac]

If the film were remade today, CINCPAC would be a gay feminst woman, and Adm Torrey would be a transmale.

[@lostcause2137]

and that is the reason Russia or China could kick our ass. Promotions giving based on race, gender, or sexual orientation.

[@RampantFury925]

What kinda weird ass drugs are you on?

[@brianboisguilbert6985]

@@RampantFury925 obviously you haven’t been paying attention to our new woke military

[@TryTheBLT]

@drewby7777 Well, I do understand that it's only a movie, but everything else I've seen or heard about that time period is virtually the same. Dads and sons didn't hug, boys weren't supposed to cry, etc... That kind of thing is completely foreign to me.

[@wmwardwell]

It always seemed like The Duke usually had issues in his movies with his children. Thank God his kids in real life were jewels.

[@bluemarshall6180]

1:11 At the Background a truck from the future? 🤔

[@paulmiskinis3988]

This movie is actually about the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

[@jameshoran8]

This scene had to happen. It gave closure to their relstionship. She was warned by Maggie not to go to the beach party with Eddington. Maggie knew he was a ticking time bomb.

[@odysseusrex5908]

One major difference between the book and the movie is that, in the book, Rock had gone out of his way to stay in touch with, and maintain a good relationship with, Jerry throughout his life. Jerry really didn't like his mother, she smothered him, and was very glad to join the Navy as it got him away from her. I think the reason they had them be estranged in the movie is that it allowed them to say and show things about the Cuneliffs that were revealed in exposition and flashback in the book, which just would not have worked in the movie.

[@roderickstockdale1678]

Odysseus Rex it's Jere

[@edmonddantes3640]

I read also read the novel and noted the change in their relationship. I found your explanation very enlightening and well explained which belies working in the film industry or having a deep interest in it.

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@edmonddantes3640 No, I've certainly never worked in it, although I do enjoy reading good books and watching good movies. I also had a friend in college who was majoring in Radio, Television and Film, and he would explain to me how story decisions were often made in TV and movies.

[@steveghanbari]

Whoever loading this movie, why don't you loaded in one hit at least we can watch it properly, goodness gracious me, what is the matter with you people!!

[@TheBatugan77]

Shove it, steve

[@edwardhickey5185]

War has a way to make you grow up real fast

[@briangoldy8784]

Jer was Killed in Action...........Very Good Movie.. ..........Otto Preminger, Director.........Commadant in Stalag 17... also a Good Movie.

[@jacks4733]

Major blooper. 60's era vehicles in the background. Otherwise a great movie!

[@grimreaper1149]

Maybe the film crew forgot to move their vehicles 😂😂

[@TWS-pd5dc]

Not the only one. The hair styles of the women was 60's style also.

[@marvinthiessen3454]

Listen up pilgrim, and listen good.......the Duke is on deck.

[@blockmasterscott]

I liked this movie all the way until the fake model ships. I just can't get past that part.

[@irish89055]

well, in part of this movie I believe they used 1960's military jeeps.... I love movies, esp older ones and what bothers me and it's much worse on TV shows is the over use of extras or supernumeraries.... I guess the union insists ..... Hill St Blues was a joke, ER too..

[@ronaldrobertson2332]

Most of the jeeps were either M-151 or the military version of the CJ-5 jeep.

[@macmcleod1188]

I really enjoyed these movies as a child. Knowing how Wayne avoided serving while so many actors (and directors) around him did despite their encouragement makes that difficult as an adult. And it really informs his later super war hawk / super patriot position that I suspect was driven by guilt. He's a good actor and I'm okay with his non-war roles. But he had no business being in war films after dodging service.

[@edriant1916]

Yea, it's often not well known that James Stewart is probably Hollywood's greatest military hero. Flew combat missions and later became a General in the reserves. Might say the same for Clark Gable.

[@macmcleod1188]

@@edriant1916 I think a lot more people know about Jimmy Stewart then do about Clark Gable, Eddie Albert, Ernest Borgnine, Burgess Meredith, Etc...

[@edriant1916]

@@macmcleod1188 YES, I forgot about these guys. I remember that Eddie Albert drove a landing craft at Tarawa.

[@dallasman9892]

I remember 1979, a hot Kansas summertime... my platoon was training at Ft Riley when someone said John Wayne had just died. It never occurred to us to criticize the man. He had inspired us by his many portrayals of so many military men of different ranks and skills and services throughout the country's history. Already in his 30s when the War began, he was urged by many, including the government that deferred him for "national interests", to continue to serve his country by being the best at what he was best at. I dont care if John Wayne never was a champion potato-peeler or speed-typist or rock painter or bazooka repairman. He did his best and we've all known uniformed dirtbags that should never have been enlisted/commissioned.

[@macmcleod1188]

@@dallasman9892 I suggest you read "Why John Wayne Was Labeled a ‘Draft Dodger’ During World War II" at the American Military History page. The soldiers of his time *did not like him* and booed him. And consider that *you would have too* if you were alive at the time with those boys. I love him in Westerns. I accept he wasn't a cowboy. But that's more make believe and play acting. He put on a good show of being a moral upstanding man- but he was a serial womanizer and a poltroon.

[@loudelk99]

A hard way to deliver bad news. But it was the only way possible.

[@jbs-vu5mc]

So sad

[@vaslav030547]

I can never disassociate Brandon de wilde from a casting couch

[@markthroop8813]

That's because you are..let;see..oh, an IMBECILE!

[@tonywilliams1191]

Did the lad play in Shane

[@maxmulsanne7054]

Yes, and he was with Patricia Neil (again), Melvyn Douglas and Paul Newman in _'Hud'_ (1963).

[@bluemarshall6180]

Tuck in your Uniform gadam it. 😀

[@steveprestegard5151]

It's the PT boats. There are photos of JFK piloting PT 109 with no shirt on at all.

[@edwinmorene2817]

Why is John Wayne carrying a sidearm at a base in the rear of operations? Notice, He is the only one that is armed.

[@edwardpate6128]

If an Admiral wants to carry a gun he can carry a gun.

[@dallasman9892]

Wharf rats. Admirals hate those things.

[@zzzbbbooo]

It WAS a bit a stretch to imagine John Wayne and Brandon DeWilde as father and son...

[@castinmeadows6956]

I haven't had the pleasure of seeing the whole movie. So, am curious, why do you think it's a stretch? If you still do think that, that is, seven years after your comment.

[@zzzbbbooo]

@@castinmeadows6956 Yes, I'm still around! Just the huge physical differences between the two, though Jere could have taken after his mother, I suppose.

[@castinmeadows6956]

@@zzzbbbooo Good to hear you're still kicking! As to your response, I see what you mean. I have since seen the whole movie since my posted comment here. I liked it so much that I bought it. (War or war-related films are of special interest to me.) In the movie, Rock (Wayne) says to Jere (De Wilde) that Jere looks like his mother. So, that works for the story: the initial differences in mindset between the long-estranged father and son... and gets around the physical differences as well. Anyway, thank you for your response. And stay well. Cheers.

[@williamwingo4740]

And only a few years later, De Wilde was dead in a car accident.