From Here to Eternity (1953) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • Some kissing between couples; nothing explicit is shown.
  • Extramarital affairs play an important part in the plot of the film. Nothing explicit is shown (except some passionate kissing) neither is anything explicit described, but affairs are non-explicitly discussed in the film.
  • A married woman has an affair with another man. She mentions that she had a relationship with another man in the past too.
  • The memorable scene in which Milton Warden and Karen Holmes kiss passionately on the beach.
  • Some mature themes including pregnancy, prostitution, and adultery, but the film is actually targeted toward adults. There is no nudity and nothing sexually explicit. Two soldiers freely comment on a superior officer's wife's appearance and reputation as she approaches.

Violence & Gore

  • A character hits another with a chair, almost leading to a scuffle between the two. However, the scuffle is prevented, but the scene is still pretty intense.
  • Two men in the Congress club threaten to get into a fistfight.
  • Boxing violence, all involving punching.
  • Another attempted fistfight in which one of the characters eventually pulls out a gun and threatens to shoot his opponent.
  • Other themes involving murder, military injustice, and corruption.
  • The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
  • A man is killed by gunfire from a Japanese plane.
  • A Japanese plane is shot down.

Profanity

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Frequent drinking occurs in the film, as accurate for the time period. Alcohol is drank by multiple characters throughout the film.
  • Some cigarette smoking is done by characters in the film, smoking is not constant but occurs occasionally in the film.
  • Characters are shown drunk.
  • Some tobacco use by an adult. Drinking.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The attack on Pearl Harbor is somewhat intense.

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Violence & Gore

  • Fatso is stabbed in a tense knife fight between him and Prewitt; nothing graphic is shown but the stabbing is implied when Fatso is shown falling to the ground, wounded.
  • Angelo dies after a violent fistfight with "Fatso."
  • Prewitt is wounded in a knife fight with "Fatso" in an alley. He falls down a small staircase in a later scene but survives his injury.
  • Prewitt is shot and killed by a group of U.S soldiers after they mistake him for a Japanese saboteur. This scene may be emotionally intense for some viewers.
  • Karen hears that her friend's fiancee was killed at Pearl Harbor.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Some major characters die in the film, which could be upsetting for sensitive viewers.

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