At least, with this awesome war film, Raoul Walsh gets back to some kind of OBJECTIVE BURMA style, far better than his MARINES LET'S GO, or BATTLE CRY, which is not a real war movie for me. With this one, I think about Bob Aldrich's manner: TOO LATE THE HEROES - also starring Cliff Robertson, ATTACK. Rough, tough war movies in the raw manner, without socializing scenes with gals, dating chicks, romance atmosphere such as in BATTLE CRY;; Aldo Ray is outstanding in this film, I will remeMber the scene with the bird in his hand...That shocked me when I was a kid. For me, this is among the best Walsh from his last part of career, because you also have noticed that the quality of his movies declined after the forties; he only hired "medium" actors or has beens, actors also on decline, such as Clark Gable for instance. But that remains good movies, certainly not lousy ones. Only without great stars, such as the Duke or Kirk Dougles, Burt Lancaster or Dick Widmark, who were then at their peak. Check the leads on last Walsh's movies, check by yourself.
Review of The Naked and the Dead
