A good war picture is a fine thing to see, but one which is obviously a large piece of Hollywoodized propaganda is difficult to stomach. Perhaps it's the monotony of seeing one atrocity after another dragging its bloody stump across the screen, but this corner just thinks the show is poorer than average.

So called atrocities are bound to happen in any war, but the argument of subject is beyond the scope of the reviewer. The picture itself leaves one with the feeling of having been drawn and quartered and left for the vultures. Its action leaps from shadow to shadow with Japs interspersed. Its photography was technically well done but was over-emotional. All in all, it has an artificial flavor which makes it seem for fetched and childish.

Dana Andrews and Richard Conte play the parts of American aviators forced down over Chinese territory after the new-famous Doolittle raid on Tokyo. The plot from there is simple. Falling into the hands of the Japs, they are subjected to torture in an attempt to gain information about their base. Mediocre to the end, they refuse to divulge the required facts and march to their deaths to the strains of the Army Air Corps Song.

If you feel like a good cry, by all means see the show, but the moviegoer has had his share for a while, thank you.