Directed by Mark Robson
This property was producer Stanley Kramer’s first of many to deal with the repercussions of racial prejudice, and represented an early bid at a career committed to social relevance. A worldly and sensitive black soldier (James Edwards), accustomed to bigotry in his civilian life, finds himself similarly isolated as a soldier, even in the midst of a precarious reconnaissance mission against Japanese occupiers on a South Pacific Island.
United Artists Corp. Producer: Stanley Kramer. Based on the play by Arthur Laurents. Screenwriter: Carl Foreman. Cinematographer: Robert De Grasse. Editor: Harry Gerstad. Cast: James Edwards, Douglas Dick, Lloyd Bridges, Steve Brodie, Jeff Corey.
35mm, b/w, 86 min.
