A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

I don't remember seeing anything directed by Lesley Selander that wasn't a B western, a genre at which he excelled; his stint at LASSIE ended before I think I was aware of such things. This movie is a typical Allied Artist programmer, set during the opening of the Korean War, as Major John Hodiak struggles to train Koreans to be fighter pilots in just weeks, while fighting against his image as a coward who abandoned his co-pilot and his forbidden love for Barbara Britton, who is now married to Doctor Bruce Bennett. A very young Chuck Conners shows up as an infantry captain.It's decent fare with good actors, but Mr. Selander doesn't seem to be able to raise much of a performance in this unpracticed genre. While the visual elements are fine for the situation, it doesn't seem that the 3-D technology adds much to the proceedings. I suspect it is my old-fashioned aesthetics at work, but I believe it would have impressed me about the same in a flat presentation.

Although it is always good news the edition of classic 3D movies this one happens to be so bore that not even the 3D raises it up. All roles are quite flat and unidimensional. The love story is uninteresting and unnecessary. The film plot should be about new pilots' training and frankly this is hardly seen, although may have been the main focus of interest. Fess Parker and Chuck Connors (among the best of the film) do appear in small roles. So in the end the best thing about this movie is 3D: although there are not special effects -not even great aircraft fights- the restoration makes it bright and gives us an ultimate approximation to those years' stereoscopic experience.

It may not be the best 3D movie ,but, it focuses strongly on good story and plot and not throwing things at the Camera.It's just total depth to bring to into the story.The gimmick is not in any part of this film.Like it's unconscious of the 3D. There are some shots that are flat as if they were shot that way purposely or maybe the left or right image of that scene shrunk or lost?It did not interfere in the continuity.The story, John Hodiak and his friend played by Gerald Mohr are being sent to south Korea to counter act the communist.John discovers that he going to be working with Bruce Bennett,for whom John was in love with Bruce's wife played ,by Barbara Briton.At one time Bruce was lost in Indo China.When Bruce was missing in action,Barbara thought he was dead and went to John.The discovery That Bruce was alive, Babara goes back to him ,frustrating John.Now johns going to have to work with him and deals with Barbara.Bruce only Cares about his profession as a doctor more than her.She still love john.You have Clint walker and chuck Connors as the soldiers. Harry Lauter is John's boss.Jess Barker is the Sarcastic war reporter ,who hates John.As the Koreans get closer the whole troop has to leave. Will they get of South Korea or will they be trapped? Will Bruce get killed ,so that Babara can go back the John? Even though this is not a great 3d movie the story is good .It also has a flat version too .For 3D fans.02/02/15

Clichéd, trite, stereotyped. Also, in the copy I saw, almost unwatchably fuzzy- the 3D showing through, perhaps? But the worst bit is the splicing in of stock footage of vaguely relevant bits of hardware. One expects all tanks in movies of this era to be American, but seeing good 'ol all American boys being shelled by a Sherman still jars. But the funniest errors are in the aircraft. Four US jet fighters (P-80's) twice become piston engined P-51's in close up, for example. But best of all a strafing enemy "Yak/Russian" fighter with a piston engine (and a devilish oriental pilot in close up) becomes a jet-powered P-80 (which only the US used) dropping napalm before reverting to a piston engine for the rest of the attack. Masters of disguise, evidently. On the interpersonal front watch for almost every 50's cliché, including "but I had to go back to him, he's wonderful", "I'm a hard-bitten infantryman", "you ran away, you coward", and probably if you look hard enough someone in a flying saucer. Not watchable. Can I have that bit of my life back, please?