This film is good for getting a picture of the feelings and actions taken in WWII. "Dirty Japs" was not a far-off-the-mark remark to make seeing what they did in Nanking, China, and to American POWs towards the end of the war with Japan. The new Benjamin Bratt film will delve into that and it will be interesting to see if "PC" shows its ugly head. Not to worry with this gritty action film with Robert Taylor, Loyd Nolan, and other tough second leads who made these movies so entertaining. Thomas Mitchell is a hopeless miscast as a Marine corporal. When the film was shot, TM was in his early fifties, and carrying around the remains of too many fine dining habits, but his performance was good nonetheless. Film is good as is without John Wayne.
