arthur_tafero Review of Men of the Fighting Lady

Men of the Fighting Lady (1954)

Tedious Korean War Film - Men of the FIghting Lady

[5/10 · 17 September 2022]

Among the notable actors in this film are Van Johnson and Walter Pidgeon (of Mrs. Minerva fame). Unfortunately, Walter cannot reproduce his stellar performance from Mrs. Minerva; his extremely passive and understated style does not mix well with Van Johnson's intense approach. The story of pilots of machines destroying other machines is just plain tedious, with too much stock footage and a waste of the talented Miklos Rozsa's efforts for music background. There is just no chemistry in this film; and real war films have chemistry among the actors in the story. Johnson cannot rescue this mundane script script as well. I almost forgot Frank Lovejoy, which will tell you how effective his performance was.