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Men of the Fighting Lady

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In the Sea of Japan during the Korean War, an aircraft carrier is home to a group of Navy pilots. Each day, the team bombs a crucial enemy railroad knowing that they will rebuild it every night. After a friend dies in a dangerous mission, the crew must rethink their strategy and overcome their grief. But when pilot Kenneth Schecter (Dewey Martin) is blinded during a pivotal attack, it is up to Lt. Howard Thayer (Van Johnson) to guide him to safety.

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Christopher Lloyd Sarasota Herald-Tribune 09/06/2010
3.5/5
The tone in many ways reminded me of Top Gun, which would come out three decades later: Callow young pilots learn to rely on their fellow fighter jocks and act as a team. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 05/27/2008
C+
Tepid factual Korean War drama about life aboard an American naval aircraft carrier stationed off Korea in the Sea of Japan. Go to Full Review
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mark g @Mark_Alan_G. May 24 The Korean War is such a criminally mistreated conflict. So few books and movies that deal with it. Hoping this movie might do a good job of featuring it. However, the acting is so over the top, bordering on awful, which is hard to do with the likes of Johnson, Pidgeon, and Calhern, but they are trapped by bad direction and a poor script. Yes, good stock footage of war, but I could see that on the History Channel. See more Danny S 06/08/2024 Theres some great aerial shots of the F9Fs and wing camera footage as well. Terrible continuity shots using mix of F4U Corsairs( bridge/ ground attack)and a T-33 (ejection scene)and one other that looked like an F8F lol. The deck scenes and the pilot water rescue were fairly accurate. Decent story in part based on actual events( blind pilot/fiery crash). See more 09/20/2015 good WWII story made post WWII See more 03/07/2015 great movies no women in it at all just men fighting the commies See more 06/09/2014 Not much of a plot. Acting was ok. I guess movies about the Korean war are forgotten just like the war itself. See more Grant S 01/05/2011 Good Korean War action-drama. Korean War movies are pretty rare, especially naval or air war ones, so this is quite a treat. The plot is solid, and apparently based on actual events. Direction is a bit gung ho. The combat scenes are great, using actual Korean War footage in many cases. Acting is pretty good, though is a bit wooden at times, in keeping with the gung ho direction. Van Johnson is good in the lead role See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis In the Sea of Japan during the Korean War, an aircraft carrier is home to a group of Navy pilots. Each day, the team bombs a crucial enemy railroad knowing that they will rebuild it every night. After a friend dies in a dangerous mission, the crew must rethink their strategy and overcome their grief. But when pilot Kenneth Schecter (Dewey Martin) is blinded during a pivotal attack, it is up to Lt. Howard Thayer (Van Johnson) to guide him to safety.
Director
Andrew Marton
Producer
Henry Berman
Screenwriter
Art Cohn
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
War
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 23, 2016
Runtime
1h 20m