It also boasts an interesting sequence of shots over its end titles. This Otto Preminger film is as much about the lives of men at war as it is about battle sequences (although when they appear they are impressive). Also in the cast are Stanley Holloway (as an Australian who leads the soldiers through dangerous terrain), Burgess Meredith (who has the memorable discussion about cowardice with Wayne), Dana Andrews, Franchot Tone, Henry Fonda, Bruce Cabot, Tom Tryon, George Kennedy, and James Mitchum. He also has a personal life - a romance with croaky nurse Maggie (Patricia Neal, good as ever), and conflict with his sulky son Jere (Brandon de Wilde). In war movies he was probably at his most effective as his whole bearing says 'I'm in charge'. In the nominal lead is big John Wayne, drawling his way through the role of Rock Torrey as only he could. But 'In Harm's Way' isn't just her story, it is a number of personal stories interwoven with battle with the Japanese from Pearl Harbor onwards. Barbara Bouchet as Liz Eddington is the initial focus of this war movie, dancing wildly and parading herself before the officers while her husband Paul (Kirk Douglas) is away on duty.
