The Naked and the Dead

In the South Pacific of World War II, idealistic officer Lt. Hearn (Cliff Robertson) is charged by taskmaster CO Gen. Cummings (Raymond Massey) with leading a platoon on a vital island recon mission. Thanks to the undermining efforts of sadistic displaced topkick Sgt. Croft (Aldo Ray), the Japanese forces might not be the soldiers’ only source of peril. Long-demanded take on the Norman Mailer novel also stars Barbara Nichols, Richard Jaeckel, Joey Bishop, Lily St. Cyr; Raoul Walsh directs. 121 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH).