Flight from Ashiya

Shot in Japan. Basically a soap opera aimed at the men in the audience - complete with flashbacks and an appropriately romantic score by Frank Cordell, but skimping on the model work and special effects, while the women supply the coffee - of the sort that John Wayne was actually making in wartime and was later sent up something something rotten in 'Airplane'.

Intended to show that saving lives can be just as macho as killing the enemy, with Yul Brynner seeking love while uniformed and looking distinguished learning upon a walking stick, and Richard Widmark chomping on a cheroot as the tough but caring commanding office. In the hands of Sam Fuller this could have been a masterpiece.