It's 83 shopping days before Christmas 1941 and 65 days until Pearl Harbor. Jonny Davis (Clark Gable) and his younger brother Kirk try to report on the dangers from Germany and Japan. Their appeaser editor sinks their story but Jonny tricks him. He tries to return to his apartment but finds it rented out to Paula Lane (Lana Turner), a fellow reporter from his past.
This opens with a wartime rallying scene. Then it becomes more of a standard wartime romance albeit with the first class pairing of Gable and Turner. The triangle isn't much of a triangle and the intensity isn't there. It's a lot of whining from Kirk. When they go to Vietnam, it becomes compelling for unforeseeable reasons. While it's fun to have this supernova coupling, it actually doesn't have much tension. The war action is effective propaganda for its time and Jonny goes on a nice rift on the names.
This opens with a wartime rallying scene. Then it becomes more of a standard wartime romance albeit with the first class pairing of Gable and Turner. The triangle isn't much of a triangle and the intensity isn't there. It's a lot of whining from Kirk. When they go to Vietnam, it becomes compelling for unforeseeable reasons. While it's fun to have this supernova coupling, it actually doesn't have much tension. The war action is effective propaganda for its time and Jonny goes on a nice rift on the names.