The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
A sensitive, educated black man's World War II-time problems. This is essentially the duplicate of his peace-time problems which are pointed up in a flashback of his life, and primarily of his war-time adventures with four white soldiers on a dangerous reconnaissance mission on a Japanese-held island.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes98%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
18 audience votes
Key crew
- Mark RobsonDirector
- Arthur LaurentsWriter
- Carl ForemanWriter
- Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jeff CoreyDoctor
- James EdwardsPrivate Peter Moss
- Lloyd BridgesFinch
- Douglas DickMajor Robinson
- Frank LovejoySergeant Mingo
- Steve BrodieT.J. Everett
- Cliff ClarkColonel Baker