The Eternal Sea

1955

1h 43m

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6.4/10

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Biography of Admiral John Hoskins' efforts to retain active command despite WW2 injury.

Directors

John H. Auer

Writers

Allen Rivkin(screenplay by)

William Wister Haines(story by)

Stars

Sterling Hayden

Alexis Smith

Ben Cooper

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Top cast

Sterling Hayden

Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins

Alexis Smith

Sue Hoskins

Ben Cooper

Seaman P.J. 'Zuggy' Zugbaum

Dean Jagger

Vice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple

Virginia Grey

Dorothy Buracker

Hayden Rorke

Capt. William Buracker

Douglas Kennedy

Capt. Walter Riley

Louis Jean Heydt

Capt. Walter F. Rodee

Richard Crane

Lt. Johnson

Morris Ankrum

Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble

Frank Ferguson

Admiral L.D.

John Maxwell

Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey

William Kerwin

Cole

Jil Jarmyn

Flight Nurse

Alan Dexter

Doctor

Directors

John H. Auer

Writers

Allen Rivkin(screenplay by)

William Wister Haines(story by)

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This is another film that is really let down by it's title. One that suggests more of a swashbuckler - or a romance, at any rate - than a biopic of American Admiral Hoskins (Sterling Hayden) who was a pioneer of the use of jet aircraft from aircraft carriers. As it is, it's an OK depiction of the struggles of the man against the elements, technology, human frailty and government to get his ideas implemented. Hayden is a charm-free actor here, his dedication to his task is laudable, but cheerless and any semblance of romance with wife Sue (a rather prim Alexis Smith) left me cold. It does have oodles of wonderful original aerial photography to augment it, though - and that helps. Sadly, though, this is all as flat as the deck on the "USS Princeton".

Geronimo196714 Nov, 2022