Daniels was former president of the American Society of Cinematographers, while Howard W.
The executive producers carried extra fame in their own right - William H. This was the sixth of nine films produced by Frank Sinatra, and the only film he directed. The title is from the John Dryden poem, Alexander's Feast, stanza 1: "None but the brave/deserves the fair." Frank Sinatra as Chief Pharmacist Mate Francis.Kuroki's final narration calls what he is to do "just another day." The film ends with a long shot of the island, superimposed with the words "Nobody ever wins."
Bourke speculates that one day he will be able to deliver it to Kuroki's widow. Francis reports Kuroki's death and hands Bourke the Japanese officer's journal, written in Japanese with what appears to be an address.
They move onto the beach and wait to be rescued by the American naval vessel, stationed just offshore. Bourke orders Francis to examine the mortally wounded Kuroki to see if he can be saved. Only Francis, Bourke, Bleeker, Blair and Corporal Ruffino survive the skirmish. When they are ambushed by the remaining 8 men of the Japanese platoon, the remaining 11 Americans are given no option but to retaliate, resulting in a bloody and pointless firefight during which all the Japanese and most of the Americans are shot dead. As the Americans proceed to the beach, Bourke orders his men to be ready to shoot to kill. When the Americans establish radio contact and their pickup by a US naval vessel is arranged, they demand that the Japanese surrender, but Kuroki reestablishes that they are at war. There is some clandestine cooperation and trading and earnest respect and friendship. The truce results in both platoons, reduced in numbers through their earlier conflicts and later natural disasters, choosing to live side by side – although a line is drawn forbidding one from encroaching on the other's side of the island. Calling a truce, Koruki trades the Americans access to water in exchange for a visit from their doctor to treat the wounded soldier, whose leg has to be amputated. The vessel is destroyed and a Japanese soldier is seriously injured. As the 19 Americans learn of the Japanese platoon’s existence on the island, tension mounts resulting in a battle for the Japanese boat. Confidante to Bourke is Navy chief pharmacist's mate Francis. Marine Aircraft Wing Captain Dennis Bourke assumes command of the platoon of Marines he was transporting, over their 2nd Lieutenant Blair and Sergeant Bleeker. The Zero and an American F4U Corsair destroy each other, with no outside commands learning of the island. Lieutenant Kuroki keeps his men firmly in hand and is supervising the building of a boat for their escape.Īn American C-47/R4D transport plane is shot down by a Japanese Zero, crash landing on the same island. A platoon of 16 Japanese soldiers is stranded on an island in the Pacific with no means of communicating with the outside world. Narrated in English by a Japanese officer named Kuroki (in the form of a journal he is writing for his wife), the film is set in the Asiatic-Pacific theater during an unspecified period of World War II.
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