To eternity and beyond!

From Here to Eternity (1953)

Directed by Fred Zinnemann this film based on the novel of the same name stars Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Cliff, Debroah Kerr, Frank Sinatra and Donna Reed. During 1941 soldiers in a company based on Hawaii struggle with woman and a self interested officer.

There are a some changes between the novel and the plot of the film but the film still manages to get in a surprising amount of explicit material, even if only in implication, for the period in which it was made. Compared to the propaganda material that Hollywood was putting out mere years earlier this is a series departure and covers some fairly dark stuff. The cast of this film is really good and there is also a famous beach scene that is really well done.

4/5