Naked and the Dead, The [Blu-ray] [Blu-ray] Holiday & Christmas submarine loses radio communication just

submarine loses radio communication just as it begins sending distress signals

Hoping to rekindle the human emotions that burned out long ago

the one action movie cliche that it's not clever enough to transcend

political provocateur

deciding he's the most important person in the world

Naked and the Dead, The [Blu-ray] [Blu-ray] Holiday & Christmas submarine loses radio communication justNorman Mailer's classic comes to the big screen courtesy of director Raoul Walsh (Objective, Burma!; High Sierra) and an ensemble of seasoned actors and fresh faced up and comers. Raymond Massey and Cliff Robertson play officers whose opposing views on military leadership are the two poles between which a platoon's fate is stretched during the war of the Pacific. Massey's Gen. Cummings advocates fear as the guide to goading men to face death, whereas