# In Harm's Way

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/In_Harm's_Way
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/In_Harm's_Way.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Harm's_Way
> Source revision: 1356954494
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

1965 film by Otto Preminger

For other uses, see [Harm's Way](/source/Harm's_Way_(disambiguation)).

In Harm's Way Theatrical release poster by Saul Bass Directed by Otto Preminger Screenplay by Wendell Mayes Based on Harm's Way 1962 novel by James Bassett Produced by Otto Preminger Starring John Wayne Kirk Douglas Patricia Neal Tom Tryon Paula Prentiss Brandon deWilde Jill Haworth Dana Andrews Henry Fonda Stanley Holloway Burgess Meredith Franchot Tone Patrick O'Neal Carroll O'Connor Slim Pickens James Mitchum George Kennedy Bruce Cabot Barbara Bouchet Cinematography Loyal Griggs Edited by George Tomasini Hugh S. Fowler Music by Jerry Goldsmith Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date April 6, 1965 (1965-04-06) Running time 165 minutes Country United States Languages English French Japanese Box office $4,500,000 (US/Canada rentals)[1]

***In Harm's Way*** is a 1965 American [epic](/source/Epic_film) [historical](/source/Historical_drama) [romantic](/source/Romance_film) [war film](/source/War_film) produced and directed by [Otto Preminger](/source/Otto_Preminger)[2] and starring [John Wayne](/source/John_Wayne), [Kirk Douglas](/source/Kirk_Douglas), and [Patricia Neal](/source/Patricia_Neal). The supporting cast featured [Henry Fonda](/source/Henry_Fonda) in a lengthy cameo, [Tom Tryon](/source/Tom_Tryon), [Paula Prentiss](/source/Paula_Prentiss),[3] [Stanley Holloway](/source/Stanley_Holloway), [Burgess Meredith](/source/Burgess_Meredith), [Brandon deWilde](/source/Brandon_deWilde), [Jill Haworth](/source/Jill_Haworth), [Dana Andrews](/source/Dana_Andrews), and [Franchot Tone](/source/Franchot_Tone).[4] Produced with [Panavision](/source/Panavision) motion picture equipment, it was one of the last [black-and-white](/source/Black_and_white) [World War II](/source/World_War_II) epics, and Wayne's last black-and-white film. The screenplay was written by [Wendell Mayes](/source/Wendell_Mayes), based on the 1962 novel *[Harm's Way](/source/Harm's_Way_(novel))*, by [James Bassett](/source/James_Bassett_(author)).

The setting of the film is the entry of the United States into [World War II](/source/World_War_II). It depicts the lives of several U.S. naval officers based in [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii) and their wives or lovers. The title of the film comes from a quote from an [American Revolutionary](/source/Patriot_(American_Revolution)) naval commander:

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm's way.

— [John Paul Jones](/source/John_Paul_Jones)

The film presents a relatively unromantic picture of the [U.S. Navy](/source/U.S._Navy) and its officers from the night of December 6, 1941, through the first year of the U.S. participation in World War II, complete with bureaucratic quarreling among the senior officers and sometimes disreputable private actions by individuals. Its sprawling narrative is typical of Preminger's works in which he examined institutions and the people who run them, such as the [United States Congress](/source/United_States_Congress) and [Presidency of the United States](/source/President_of_the_United_States) in *[Advise & Consent](/source/Advise_%26_Consent)*, the [Catholic Church](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church) in *[The Cardinal](/source/The_Cardinal)*, and the [British Intelligence Service](/source/MI6) in *[The Human Factor](/source/The_Human_Factor_(1979_film))*.

## Plot

U.S. Navy Captain Rockwell "Rock" Torrey is a divorced son of a career [chief petty officer](/source/Chief_petty_officer). A [Naval Academy](/source/U.S._Naval_Academy) graduate and career officer himself, Torrey is removed from command of his [heavy cruiser](/source/Heavy_cruiser) for boldly pursuing the enemy, but then being torpedoed by a Japanese submarine shortly after the [attack on Pearl Harbor](/source/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor). Torrey's [executive officer](/source/Executive_officer), Commander Paul Eddington, is a wayward sort of career officer who has resigned as a [naval aviator](/source/Naval_aviation) and returned to the surface navy because of an unhappy marriage. His wife Liz's numerous affairs and drunken escapades have become the talk of [Honolulu](/source/Honolulu), and her death during the [Pearl Harbor](/source/Pearl_Harbor) attack—in the company of an [Army Air Corps](/source/United_States_Army_Air_Corps) major, with whom she had just had a wild fling on a local beach—drives Eddington into a bar brawl, a stint in the brig, and exile in a hated, land-based logistics command.

After several months of desk duty ashore in Hawaii and recuperation from a broken arm he suffered in the attack on his cruiser, Torrey finds his way into a romance with a divorced [Navy Nurse Corps](/source/United_States_Navy_Nurse_Corps) lieutenant named Maggie Haynes, who tells him that his estranged son Jeremiah is now an ensign in the [Naval Reserve](/source/United_States_Navy_Reserve). A strained visit with Jeremiah brings Torrey in on a South Pacific [island-hopping](/source/Leapfrogging_(strategy)) offensive codenamed "Skyhook", which is under command of the overly cautious and micro-managing Vice Admiral B.T. Broderick. On additional information from his roommate, intelligence officer Egan Powell, Torrey guesses that the aim of Skyhook is to capture a strategic island named Levu-Vana, whose central plain would make an ideal airfield for [B-17](/source/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress) bomber squadrons. Shortly thereafter, Maggie informs him that her unit is to be shipped out to the same area in preparation for the offensive.

In the summer of 1942, Torrey is promoted to rear admiral and given tactical command of Skyhook, an assignment requiring the same sort of guts and gallantry he previously displayed as commanding officer of his cruiser. He personally selects Eddington to be his chief of staff, and infuriates Broderick by immediately planning and executing an operation to overrun Gavabutu, an island to be used as a staging base for the invasion of Levu-Vana. This proves unexpectedly easy, as the Japanese have withdrawn their garrisons from Gavabutu. As Torrey turns his attention to Levu-Vana, his attempts to secure more materiel and manpower are frustrated by General [Douglas MacArthur](/source/Douglas_MacArthur)'s simultaneous and much larger [campaign in the Solomon Islands](/source/Solomon_Islands_campaign). Reconnaissance aircraft prove especially difficult to acquire, and [surface combatant](/source/Surface_combatant) forces amount to little more than several cruisers and destroyers, including Torrey's former command.

Meanwhile, Eddington's instability drives him to rape navy nurse Annalee Dohrn, who is engaged to Jeremiah. The traumatized Annalee, fearing she might be pregnant, tries to tell Eddington, but he does not believe her, and she later commits suicide with an overdose of sleeping pills. As the truth is about to be revealed, Eddington – still a qualified aviator – commandeers a [PBJ](/source/North_American_B-25_Mitchell#U.S._Navy_and_USMC) patrol bomber and flies solo on an unauthorized reconnaissance flight to locate elements of the Japanese fleet. He goes down in a fiery death in a redeeming act of sacrifice, giving advance warning of a large Japanese task force centered around the super-battleship [*Yamato*](/source/Japanese_battleship_Yamato), on its way to blast Torrey's much smaller force off the islands.

Despite the new seaborne threat, Torrey nevertheless mounts the invasion of Levu-Vana, and proceeds with a full attempt to turn back the enemy force. Tragically, Jeremiah is killed during a nighttime [PT boat](/source/PT_boat) action when a Japanese Destroyer rams into his PT Boat after the commander's death. The following morning has a pitched surface action off the shores of Levu-Vana, with the Americans drawing first blood and the *Yamato* decimating much of the U.S. force in response. Severely injured at the height of the battle, Torrey is rescued by his flag lieutenant, William "Mac" McConnell, and is returned to Pearl Harbor aboard a [hospital ship](/source/Hospital_ship) under Maggie's devoted care. Expecting to be court-martialed, Torrey is instead congratulated on successfully repelling the Japanese advance and allowing his [Marines](/source/United_States_Marine_Corps) to take Levu-Vana.

## Cast

- [John Wayne](/source/John_Wayne) as [Captain](/source/Captain_(United_States_O-6)#U.S._Navy) (later Rear Admiral) Rockwell W. "Rock" Torrey [USN](/source/United_States_Navy)

- [Kirk Douglas](/source/Kirk_Douglas) as [Commander](/source/Commander_(United_States)#Naval) (later Captain) Paul Eddington, USN

- [Patricia Neal](/source/Patricia_Neal) as [Lieutenant](/source/Lieutenant_(navy)) Maggie Haines, [Nurse Corps](/source/United_States_Navy_Nurse_Corps), [USNR](/source/USNR)

- [Tom Tryon](/source/Tom_Tryon) as [Lieutenant (junior grade)](/source/Lieutenant_(junior_grade)) (later Lieutenant and Lieutenant Commander) William "Mac" McConnell, USN

- [Paula Prentiss](/source/Paula_Prentiss) as Beverly McConnell

- [Brandon deWilde](/source/Brandon_deWilde) as [Ensign](/source/Ensign_(rank)#United_States) (later Lieutenant (junior grade)) Jeremiah Torrey, USNR

- [Jill Haworth](/source/Jill_Haworth) as Ensign Annalee Dorn, Nurse Corps, USNR

- [Dana Andrews](/source/Dana_Andrews) as [Vice Admiral](/source/Vice_admiral_(United_States)) B. T. "Blackjack" Broderick, USN

- [Stanley Holloway](/source/Stanley_Holloway) as Clayton Canfil, Australian [remittance man](/source/Remittance_man) [coastwatcher](/source/Coastwatcher)

- [Burgess Meredith](/source/Burgess_Meredith) as Commander Egan T. Powell, USNR, based on Commander (later Rear Admiral) [Gene Markey](/source/Gene_Markey), USNR

- [Franchot Tone](/source/Franchot_Tone) as [CINCPAC](/source/Commander%2C_U.S._Pacific_Fleet) I, based on Admiral [Husband E. Kimmel](/source/Husband_E._Kimmel), USN.

- [Patrick O'Neal](/source/Patrick_O'Neal_(actor)) as Commander (and former U.S. Congressman) Neal Owynn, USNR

- [Carroll O'Connor](/source/Carroll_O'Connor) as Commander (later Captain) Burke, USN, based on, and named after, Captain (later Admiral) [Arleigh Burke](/source/Arleigh_Burke).

- [Slim Pickens](/source/Slim_Pickens) as [Chief Petty Officer](/source/Chief_Petty_Officer) Culpepper, USN

- [James Mitchum](/source/James_Mitchum) as Ensign Griggs, USN

- [George Kennedy](/source/George_Kennedy) as [Lieutenant Colonel](/source/Lieutenant_Colonel) Gregory, [USMC](/source/United_States_Marine_Corps)

- [Bruce Cabot](/source/Bruce_Cabot) as Chief Petty Officer Quoddy, USN

- [Barbara Bouchet](/source/Barbara_Bouchet) as Liz Eddington

- [Tod Andrews](/source/Tod_Andrews) as Captain Tuthill, USN

- [Larry Hagman](/source/Larry_Hagman) as Lieutenant (junior grade) Cline, USN

- [Stewart Moss](/source/Stewart_Moss) as Ensign Balch, USN

- Richard Le Pore as Lieutenant (junior grade) Tom Agar, USN

- Chet Stratton as Ship's Doctor

- [Soo Young](/source/Soo_Young_(Chinese_American_actress)) as Tearful Woman

- Dort Clark as Boston

- Phil Mattingly as [PT Boat](/source/PT_Boat) Skipper

- [Henry Fonda](/source/Henry_Fonda) as CINCPAC II, based on Admiral [Chester W. Nimitz](/source/Chester_W._Nimitz), USN.

### Uncredited cast

- Yankee Chang as Mortuary Clerk

- Fritz Ford as Man at Mess Tent

- [Christopher George](/source/Christopher_George) as Sailor

- [Jerry Goldsmith](/source/Jerry_Goldsmith) as Piano Player

- Joe Ruszas as Sailor

- [Hal Needham](/source/Hal_Needham) as USAAC Officer

- [Hugh O'Brian](/source/Hugh_O'Brian) as [USAAC](/source/U.S._Army_Air_Corps) Major

## Background and production

Wendell Mayes, who wrote the script, had worked on the project when Preminger was in Europe, and then paused on it when the film was called off. He commenced writing it again two years later which he felt helped the script because by that stage he had forgotten the novel and could approach it more freshly. However Mayes called the film his least fond "out of the three pictures I've done for Otto, and this was probably because it seemed to me to be a twice-told tale." However he liked some things like the romance between John Wayne and Patricia Neal.[5]

Mayes wanted John Wayne to die at the end while the son lived but Otto Preminger felt audiences would not accept John Wayne dying. "I didn't much care for the Kirk Douglas character," said Mayes. "I thought he was sort of dragged in. He had a few things that were rather good, but actually that gung ho, derring-do, flying the plane after raping the girl, somehow doesn't seem part of the story to me; it seems like something else. I could have written a picture about the character that Douglas played. If we could have done more with the character, it would have been more interesting to me."[5]

[John Wayne](/source/John_Wayne)'s low-key performance was thought to be because he was seriously ill with [lung cancer](/source/Lung_cancer) when the film was made. Shortly after filming ended in September 1964, he was diagnosed with the disease[6] and a month later underwent surgery to remove his entire left lung and two ribs. Co-star [Franchot Tone](/source/Franchot_Tone) was soon to also develop lung cancer, and died of the disease in September 1968. [George Tomasini](/source/George_Tomasini), one of the film's editors, died months before the film was released.[7]

John Wayne with Patricia Neal as a nurse in their earlier film together, *[Operation Pacific](/source/Operation_Pacific)* (1951)

Many of the non-military costumes and hairstyles worn by the women throughout the film were contemporary to the mid-1960s period during which the film was made, rather than of the early 1940s. This is particularly noticeable at the dance that opens the film. Many of the extras in this scene were, in fact, current active-duty military officers and their spouses assigned to various commands on [Oahu](/source/Oahu).

The film was shot in [black-and-white](/source/Black-and-white) by [Loyal Griggs](/source/Loyal_Griggs), who composed his scenes in a wide-screen [Panavision](/source/Panavision) format[8] often using [deep focus](/source/Deep_focus). Griggs was nominated for an [Academy Award for Best Cinematography](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Cinematography) for his work. [Jerry Goldsmith](/source/Jerry_Goldsmith)'s musical score is also notable, as is the work of [Saul Bass](/source/Saul_Bass) in the credit titles sequence (this sequence comes at the end of the film, a departure at the time from the norm in a major [Hollywood](/source/Cinema_of_the_United_States) production).

The film received extensive cooperation from the [U.S. Department of Defense](/source/United_States_Department_of_Defense), especially the U.S. Navy and the [U.S. Marine Corps](/source/United_States_Marine_Corps), with substantial filming occurring both aboard warships at sea and ashore at [Naval Station Pearl Harbor](/source/Naval_Station_Pearl_Harbor) (to include [Ford Island](/source/Ford_Island)) and [Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay](/source/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Kaneohe_Bay).

Stanley Holloway played Australian [coastwatcher](/source/Coastwatcher) Clayton Canfil. A number of coastwatchers appeared on screen in the early 1960s in part due to increased awareness of their role in the war (President [John F. Kennedy](/source/John_F._Kennedy)'s life had been saved by a coastwatcher).[9]

One of many problems encountered during production was that at the time of the filming (mid- and late 1964), very few ships then in active Navy service resembled their World War II configuration of two decades earlier. Only one WW II-vintage [heavy cruiser](/source/Heavy_cruiser), the [USS *Saint Paul*](/source/USS_Saint_Paul_(CA-73)), still retained most of her wartime configuration (and as a result, she stood in for a couple of unnamed cruisers during the movie), although she did not enter service until 1943, and an accompanying destroyer, [USS *Philip*](/source/USS_Philip_(DD-498)), which entered service in 1942, took on the role of USS *Cassiday*, and were extensively filmed on. Other U.S. Navy ships that participated included the cruiser [USS *Boston*](/source/USS_Boston_(CA-69)) (though only the forward two-thirds of the ship could be shown, as she had missiles installed aft), destroyers [USS *Braine*](/source/USS_Braine), [*O'Bannon*](/source/USS_O'Bannon_(DD-450)), [*Renshaw*](/source/USS_Renshaw_(DD-499)), and [*Walker*](/source/USS_Walker_(DD-517)), submarine [*Capitaine*](/source/USS_Capitaine), and [attack transport](/source/Attack_transport) [USS *Renville*](/source/USS_Renville). All of the destroyers had to have their modern (1960s) [antisubmarine warfare](/source/Antisubmarine_warfare) gear covered over with fake gun mounts or deck houses. Additional smaller vessels were provided in support, as well as an [HU-16 Albatross](/source/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross) amphibious aircraft painted in World War II markings, though said aircraft did not enter the U.S. military inventory until 1949. The HU-16 likely substitutes for a [PBY Catalina](/source/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina), of which no flyable examples were likely available for the film schedule at that time.

Another anachronism is the widespread use of the [M151](/source/M151_%C2%BC-ton_4%C3%974_utility_truck) light utility vehicle as a World War II jeep, instead of the World War II-era [Willys MB](/source/Willys_MB) and/or Ford GPW, the M151 having not even entered production until 1959. Also used were a few 1950s-vintage 63-ft [U.S. Coast Guard](/source/United_States_Coast_Guard) rescue launches that were made over to resemble [Elco](/source/Electric_Launch_Company) 80-ft [PT boats](/source/PT_boat), as the few that existed were not available for use.

Near the start of the film, reference is made to the "picket destroyer *Ward*" dropping depth charges on what she believes to be a submarine near the entrance to Pearl Harbor. This refers to [USS *Ward*](/source/USS_Ward), which dropped depth charges on what has since been established to be a Japanese two-man mini-submarine. The incident appears in the 1970 film *[Tora! Tora! Tora!](/source/Tora!_Tora!_Tora!)*. USS *Ward* was sunk by kamikaze action in December 1944.

## Reception

*In Harm's Way* was nominated for the 1965 [Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Cinematography) for cinematographer [Loyal Griggs](/source/Loyal_Griggs) at the [38th Academy Awards](/source/38th_Academy_Awards).[10] It was also screened at the [1965 Cannes Film Festival](/source/1965_Cannes_Film_Festival), but was not entered into the main competition.[11]

Patricia Neal received a 1966 [BAFTA Film Award as Best Foreign Actress](/source/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Leading_Role) for her performance in the film at the [19th British Academy Film Awards](/source/19th_British_Academy_Film_Awards).[12]

### Critical response

The film received mixed reviews from critics. The film holds a 37% rating on [Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes), based on 19 reviews.[13] [Bosley Crowther](/source/Bosley_Crowther) of *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)* panned the film, observing, "This is a slick and shallow picture that Mr. [Preminger](/source/Otto_Preminger) puts forth here, a straight, cliché-crowded melodrama of naval action in the Pacific in World War II ..." and characterized it as "a film that is virtually awash with flimsy and flamboyant fellows with all the tricks of the trade of Hollywood."[14] However, other reviews have been more positive. Bruce Eder, writing for [AllMovie](/source/AllMovie), notes, "*In Harm's Way* has endured extraordinarily well for an epic war movie made in the 1960s, owing to a multitude of virtues. For starters, it was the last big-budget, all-star Hollywood movie to be shot in black-and-white, and that gives the film a harder, sharper, more defined edge than it ever could have had if it had been photographed in color...Add to those virtues the unexpectedly lively pacing and stunning special effects...and *In Harm's Way* seems like a very fast-moving two and a half hours".[15] [Stanley Kauffmann](/source/Stanley_Kauffmann) of *[The New Republic](/source/The_New_Republic)* wrote, "Preminger's latest is simply one more overlong epic of the naval war against the Japanese, with conventional story lines, characters, resolution".[16]

## See also

- [List of American films of 1965](/source/List_of_American_films_of_1965)

- [John Wayne filmography](/source/John_Wayne_filmography)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** This figure consists of anticipated rentals accruing distributors in North America. See "Big Rental Pictures of 1965", *Variety*, 5 January 1966 p 6

1. **[^](#cite_ref-In_Harm's_Way_2-0)** ["In Harm's Way"](https://web.archive.org/web/20201031055541/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4651/in-harms-way). *[Turner Classic Movies](/source/Turner_Classic_Movies)*. Archived from [the original](https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4651/in-harms-way) on October 31, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-paula_3-0)** Vagg, Stephen (August 12, 2025). ["Not Quite Movie Stars: Paula Prentiss"](https://www.filmink.com.au/not-quite-movie-stars-paula-prentiss/). *Filmink*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250813104427/https://www.filmink.com.au/not-quite-movie-stars-paula-prentiss/) from the original on August 13, 2025. Retrieved August 12, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** *[Variety](/source/Variety_Film_Reviews)* film review; March 31, 1965, page 6.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-mayes_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-mayes_5-1) McGilligan, Patrick (1997). [*Backstory 3: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 60s*](https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft138nb0zm;chunk.id=0;doc.view=print). University of California Press. p. 265. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230324145526/https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft138nb0zm;chunk.id=0;doc.view=print) from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved February 7, 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["In Harm's Way: Articles"](https://web.archive.org/web/20201031055541/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4651/in-harms-way#articles-reviews). *In Harm's Way*. [Turner Classic Movies](/source/Turner_Classic_Movies). Archived from [the original](https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4651/in-harms-way#articles-reviews) on October 31, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["In Memoriam"](https://books.google.com/books?id=KA4PAQAAIAAJ). *The Film Daily*. Wid's Films and Film Folk Incorporated. November 1964. p. 12. Retrieved March 20, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Stephen Shearer. *Patricia Neal: An Unquiet Life*. University Press of Kentucky. p. 362.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-coast_9-0)** Vagg, Stephen (2023). ["Forgotten Australian TV Plays: The Coastwatchers"](https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-tv-plays-the-coastwatchers/). *Filmink*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240724085014/https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-tv-plays-the-coastwatchers/) from the original on July 24, 2024. Retrieved August 9, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [Awards database](http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1166642311582) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150402164515/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1166642311582) 2015-04-02 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-festival-cannes.com_11-0)** ["Festival de Cannes: In Harm's Way"](http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2876/year/1965.html). *festival-cannes.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120921064105/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2876/year/1965.html) from the original on September 21, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Allmovie [Awards](http://www.allmovie.com/work/in-harms-way-24497/awards) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090817222233/http://www.allmovie.com/work/in-harms-way-24497/awards) August 17, 2009, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["*In Harm's Way*"](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/in_harms_way/). *[Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes)*. [Fandango Media](/source/Fandango_Media). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230614170943/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/in_harms_way) from the original on June 14, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2023., with an average rating of 5.10 out of 10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Crowther, Bosley (April 7, 1965). ["Movie Review – In Harm's Way"](https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F02E1DC163EE03ABC4F53DFB266838E679EDE). *The New York Times*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120223043226/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F02E1DC163EE03ABC4F53DFB266838E679EDE) from the original on February 23, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["In Harm's Way (1965) - Otto Preminger | Review | AllMovie"](https://www.allmovie.com/movie/in-harms-way-v24497/review). *www.allmovie.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20191113100519/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/in-harms-way-v24497/review) from the original on November 13, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["A difference in Ages"](https://newrepublic.com/). *The New Republic*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240128005800/https://newrepublic.com/) from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved May 26, 2024.

## External links

- [*In Harm's Way*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059309/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [*In Harm's Way*](https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4651/enwp) at the [TCM Movie Database](/source/Turner_Classic_Movies#TCMdb) (archived)

- [*In Harm's Way*](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/22425) at the *[AFI Catalog of Feature Films](/source/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films)*

v t e Films directed by Otto Preminger Die große Liebe (1931) Under Your Spell (1936) Danger – Love at Work (1937) Kidnapped (1938) Margin for Error (1943) In the Meantime, Darling (1944) Laura (1944) A Royal Scandal (1945) Fallen Angel (1945) Centennial Summer (1946) Forever Amber (1947) Daisy Kenyon (1947) That Lady in Ermine (1948) (uncredited) The Fan (1949) Whirlpool (1950) Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) The 13th Letter (1951) Angel Face (1953) The Moon Is Blue (1953) / Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach (1953) River of No Return (1954) Carmen Jones (1954) The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) Saint Joan (1957) Bonjour Tristesse (1958) Porgy and Bess (1959) Anatomy of a Murder (1959) Exodus (1960) Advise & Consent (1962) The Cardinal (1963) In Harm's Way (1965) Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) Hurry Sundown (1967) Skidoo (1968) Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970) Such Good Friends (1971) Rosebud (1975) The Human Factor (1979)

v t e Pearl Harbor attack Attack Prelude to the attack Order of battle Present US ships Battleship Row Niʻihau incident Japanese carriers involved Akagi Kaga Sōryū Hiryū Shōkaku Zuikaku United States ships sunk Arizona salvaged artifacts California Oglala Oklahoma Shaw Sotoyomo Utah West Virginia YFD-2 Aftermath Consequences Sleeping giant quote Day of Infamy speech U.S. declaration of war U.K. declaration of war Roberts Commissions Pearl Harbor Committee Medal of Honor recipients Remembrance Remembrance Day USS Arizona Memorial Survivors Association Commemorative Medal Books Crisis: The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor and Southeast Asia (1992) Days of Infamy series (2004–05) Pacific War series (2007–08) Films Secret Agent of Japan (1942) The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya (1942) Air Force (1943) This Is the Army (1943) December 7th (1943) Task Force (1949) From Here to Eternity (1953) The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956) Storm Over the Pacific (1960) In Harm's Way (1965) Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) 1941 (1979) The Final Countdown (1980) Pearl Harbor (2001) Midway (2019) Other Vulnerability of Pearl Harbor Advance-knowledge conspiracy theory In popular culture

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [In Harm's Way](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Harm's_Way) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Harm's_Way?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.