Hell to Eternity

Quite good, great cast, the battle scenes are the usual brutal depictions of brutal combat. Worth a look.

Heavy-handed morality play but it's still worth watching.

This is a strange film. The first act plays out like a fairly sentimental family drama. The second act, after Hunter enlists, has Hunter, David Janssen and Vic Damone getting drunk and picking up women in Hawaii. There's an extremely long and raucous striptease sequence involving Patricia Owens, who promptly disappears from the film. The third act depicts the Battle of Saipan. It's long and startlingly brutal, and is the best part of the film.