the film, observing, "This is a slick and shallow picture that Mr. 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." However, other reviews have been more positive. Bruce Eder, writing for Allmovie.com, notes that ' 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'. See also List of American films of 1965 John Wayne filmography References External links 1965 films 1965 war films American black-and-white films American war films American epic films Films scored by Jerry Goldsmith Films based on American novels Films directed by Otto Preminger Films set in 1941 Films set in 1942 Films set in Hawaii Films shot in Hawaii Paramount Pictures films Pearl Harbor films Films with screenplays by Wendell Mayes Films about the United States Navy in World War II Films about the United States Marine Corps Films about rape in the United States Films about suicide 1960s English-language films 1960s American films Pacific War films