Fireball Forward

Looks like the proponents of this film could use a little help. OK. Here it comes... Not being much of a historian, and stupid about discards from other pictures, I am unable to evaluate it with these things in mind. Perhaps this lesser intelligence accounts for my being entertained by this flick. It's about a newly-transferred General who concludes that somebody with access to his Command Post is tipping off the Germans with regard to his division's movements. I was not distracted by any inferiority in the easily-seen stuff, such as the acting, sound, lighting, writing, etc. Therefore, I was intrigued by the effort here to identify the source of the "leak". I, for one, would say that FIREBALL FORWARD (which refers to the nickname of the headquarters of the top brass) is worth reconning, and is no more of a gamble as to whether you'll like it or not, than most other movies.

One of the worst war flicks I have ever seen. It was on TNT the day before Veterans Day. With so many good war movies out there why did they choose to show this mess. I only watched the entire movie in hopes that it would get better, it didn't!

I tracked this down and watched it on YouTube because of its writer Edmund H. North. I'm watching all of his movies and he delivers again with this tight well-paced story. There is a little over-acting and the battle scenes slowed the movie's forward momentum, but that's not on him. The dude wrote scifi, noir, westerns, war movies and more. He can tell a good story in any genre. I thought Gazarra was great in this. The surprise appearance by Loretta Switt before she was famous was fun.

I think you all missed the point! The premise of the movie is to try to guess who the traitor is--the one who is betraying their next moves to the enemy. That is where I get my enjoyment; from the suspense. And as far as the suspense went, it was terrific!!

With a little dressing up, this movie could be served for Thanksgiving dinner. Not only is is boring, implausible, historically inaccurate and poorly directed, the best actors were the bit players (mainly because they had so few lines to say). A waste of time, even for war fanatics.