The Naked and the Dead (1958)

Directed by Raoul Walsh
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

WWII war film based on a Norman Mailer novel. The first part resembled "MASH in the Pacific". Enlisted men get drunk and complain about the officers. A General is having problems motivating his aide, and resorts to cruel measures to make his point. He appoints the aide leader of a small platoon that goes on a dangerous mission. The real meat of the story takes place on the mission, with many of the characters we were introduced to earlier. Aldo Ray is excellent as the maniacal Sgt. Croft, as is Cliff Robertson as the humanist Lt. Hearn.