Válečný, USA, 1952, 81 min.



On July 20, 1950 at the Camp Pendleton, California Marine Corps Training Area, newsreel cameraman Master Sgt. Danny Young returns to active duty in the Korean War. Although he has not seen his friend Sgt. Mitch Turner in two years, Danny immediately reignites their rivalry by mocking Mitch for shooting military documentaries instead of the more dangerous combat films. Corp. Andy Sayer is awed to meet Danny, who is highly decorated for his daring work and is now on a special government assignment. The next day, Mitch trains his new recruits at the Motion Picture Production Unit, explaining that films that seem boring, such as reels of tide patterns, are just as important to military strategy as battle footage. Outside, Danny is thrilled to be invited to dinner by his ex-girl friend Jeanne, an Italian Red Cross nurse whom Danny met during World War II. That evening, however, he is furious to hear that Jeanne is now engaged to Mitch. She informs him that she forgave him for cheating on her in Europe, and when she was assigned to America, she looked for him but found only Mitch, and they soon fell in love. Danny storms out of the restaurant, and although he later tries to apologize, she refuses to answer his messages. He is just about to visit her when Mitch informs the troops that they are shipping out to Korea. As the troops board the carriers, Mitch, who is filming the transport, spots Danny talking to Jeanne, who walks away from him. Within days, the troops join the other Marines and United Nations combat forces in South Korea. Their support soon wins the battle, and Danny photographs the Koreans surrendering while Mitch films the cooks, to provide families back home with images of their boys eating hot meals. Danny, who has his own Jeep and driver, informs Mitch that Jeanne will arrive in Seoul the following day. Danny beats Mitch to Seoul by hours and there lies to Jeanne that Mitch wants to meet her for lunch. By the time Mitch arrives, he finds them eating together and jealously demands that Jeanne leave with him. In the morning, Danny discovers that Mitch has cancelled his wake-up call and commandeered the Jeep in order to reach the battle area first. Danny, however, requisitions a helicopter and beats Mitch to the front, where they eventually shoot side by side. When they receive their next orders to travel north to snow country, Danny announces he will stay behind, knowing that Jeanne's unit will soon be coming through. Although everyone believes that the war is close to ending, they soon learn that the Chinese Army has joined the South Korean troops and the area towns will be evacuated. Danny photographs the evacuees and then joins Mitch's troops in the north, bearing gifts from the city. After discussing the fact that United States intelligence may take weeks to uncover Chinese plans, Mitch wakes Danny in the middle of the night to inform him that he is taking Andy, Corp. Smitty and a Korean translator past enemy lines to gather intelligence. As Mitch had predicted, Danny insists on coming along, and just before they leave, a group of soldiers assigned to protect them also joins them. Disguised as Koreans, they infiltrate the Chinese area and take photographs that are carried to Army headquarters by runners. Although Danny grumbles that the photographs show nothing, the colonel quickly discerns hidden artillery ranges in them. One night, the exhausted team takes over a local farmhouse, not realizing that one of their runners is a spy who has raced to the Chinese to divulge their location. They are ambushed, and although the Americans emerge victorious, Andy is killed. Upon discovering that their new prisoners have a Chinese truck, the Americans use it as camouflage to gain entrance to, and then photograph, the Chinese headquarters. As they prepare to leave, they are discovered and, at a roadblock, are forced to drop out of the truck and hide from tank gunners. They escape, but Danny's arm is nicked by a bullet. During the two-day walk back to their unit, Danny admits to Mitch that even the dull pictures were important to the war effort. At the camp, Danny cedes full credit for the mission to Mitch and is ministered to by Jeanne, whose outfit has joined the Marine battalion. When Mitch thanks him, Danny informs him that he plans to stay behind with Jeanne while the troops return to combat. Disappointed that Danny has not changed, Mitch prepares to travel on. As the troops leave, Danny tries once more to seduce Jeanne, and when she again turns him down, he finally realizes how much she loves Mitch, and races to catch up to the troops. He spots Mitch on the road and, pulling up in his Jeep, invites him to hop in.
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