A 60-minute guilt trip with Van Heflin's face doing all the heavy lifting.
Acting
Van Heflin's haunted eyes could teach a masterclass in silent suffering.
Direction
Marc Daniels squeezes theatrical intimacy into tight TV frame.
Director
Marc Daniels
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a 'Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre' episode that got theatrical release overseas — explaining the 60-minute 'movie' runtime.
1961 military TV was processing Korean War guilt before Vietnam made it fashionable; this is pre-Catch-22 cynicism, all earnest anguish.
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