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Delightful comedy. I found myself laughing out loud. Robert Montgomery, as usual, has comic timing down to a fine art. Franchont Tone plays his usually sophisticated drunk to near perfection. Funny characters and a funny plot with just enough sexual tension to hold your interest.

I watched this one with little anticipation that it would be as great as it was. Unlike many so called film noirs, this one had a femme fatale. Lizabeth Scott got the guys to do what they new were wrong, but then they are guys. I watched with a group of people and by the end of the movie we were shouting "Too late for Tears" everytime Lizabeth Scott's character did something mean to a man and she started regretting it. Dan Duryea's character is wonderful. He has sex with Lizabeth Scott then becomes a raving alcoholic, but he is happy. The only problem with the movie is the "code" would not let Lizabeth Scott get away with it. Wonderful plot, wonderful acting and very atmospheric.

I will not repeat the other very favorable comments (with which I agree) listed for this movie. However, I have one observation that I believe makes it even a more interesting movie. Kubrick is such a genius that he realized that there had to be a gray area. The soldiers may have been guilty of the crimes they were accused of when they did not reattempt to take anthill. By at least allowing this interpretation, it makes the movie more than just a preachy sermon against war. It makes a movie a metaphor for other moral decisions.