Dan Collier (Sterling Hayden) is the hard-as-nails commanding officer of a carrier air group aboard the aircraft carrier USS
Princeton. It is 1944, and the
Princeton is traveling through the explosive Pacific. In addition to the Japanese Zeros attacking from above, Collier must battle Joe
Rodgers (Richard Carlson), the commander of a new air group on the carrier. Rodgers is a friendly commander who never pushes his men too far, a philosophy directly at odds with Collier's rough edge. Collier runs a tight group because he wants to keep his men alive; the men don't like it, but by
the war's end they realize he was right. An entertaining picture, FLAT TO...
Released:
1952
Rated:
NR
Length:
83 mins