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Between Heaven And Hell

1956, Movie, NR, 94 mins

Between Heaven And Hell: Review

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Rich landowner Wagner, who has been raised with the usual southern prejudices and has mistreated his sharecroppers, enters the service shortly after Pearl Harbor. Most of the story dwells upon Wagner's southern background in the life of landed gentry before going with his all-southern National Guard unit to the war in the Pacific, where avuncular Keith is an understanding colonel. Wagner threatens another hometown bigoted officer and is transferred to a remote suicide hill commanded by psychopathic, loud-mouthed, illiterate Crawford. Crawford is protected from his own men, whom he mistreats so cruelly that they all want to kill him, by two young punks, Gorshin and Homeier. (Both seem to typecast themselves in such roles.) Wagner befriends Ebsen, a sharecropper who teaches him the errors of his social viewpoint in a great understated performance. When the Japanese close in on the hill, Wagner, in a spectacular running fight, saves Ebsen. Both are wounded but survive to be sent back to the states. Crawford and his goons are conveniently killed by the enemy to keep the military rolls unstained. Though billed as an action-packed film, only the final scenes deliver exciting drama. Terry Moore is functional as Wagner's girl friend back home. She and Wagner, who was being groomed to replace Tyrone Power at Fox, had earlier appeared together in BENEATH THE TWELVE-MILE REEF, and were promoted as a hot young love team. Wagner never became Power, and the duo fizzled on screen. Friedhofer's score was nominated for an Oscar. leave a comment
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