The Eternal Sea

1955

Action / Biography / Drama / War

5
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 433 433

world war ii u.s. navy

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Plot summary

Biography of Admiral John Hoskins' efforts to retain active command despite WW2 injury.

Director

John H. Auer Photo
John H. Auer

Top cast

Stuart Holmes Photo
Stuart Holmes as Civilian at Ceremony
Louis Jean Heydt Photo
Louis Jean Heydt as Capt. Walter F. Rodee
John Roy Photo
John Roy as Student
William Kerwin Photo
William Kerwin as Cole
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948.28 MB
1280*772
English 2.0
Passed
23.976 fps
1 hr 43 min
Seeds 1
1.72 GB
1792*1080
English 2.0
Passed
23.976 fps
1 hr 43 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 6 / 10

This is another film that is really let

This is another film that is really let down by it's title. One that suggests more of a swashbuckler - or a romance, at any rate - than a biopic of American Admiral Hoskins (Sterling Hayden) who was a pioneer of the use of jet aircraft from aircraft carriers. As it is, it's an OK depiction of the struggles of the man against the elements, technology, human frailty and government to get his ideas implemented. Hayden is a charm-free actor here, his dedication to his task is laudable, but cheerless and any semblance of romance with wife Sue (a rather prim Alexis Smith) left me cold. It does have oodles of wonderful original aerial photography to augment it, though - and that helps. Sadly, though, this is all as flat as the deck on the "USS Princeton".
Reviewed by bkoganbing 6 / 10

Admiral John Hoskins 1898-1964

Toward the end of Republic Pictures existence with the demise of the B western and the departure of their number one asset John Wayne, the studio did produce some quality if low budget films. The Eternal Sea is one such film and the studio made good use of naval combat footage from World War II and Korea to integrate them into the story.Which is the true story of Admiral John Hoskins who lost a leg during the battle of Leyte Gulf, but fought to stay on in the Navy on active duty and doing more than desk duty. As the story unfolds Hoskins fought to have our aircraft carriers adapted to jet airplanes, a difficult task indeed because naval aviation itself was only slightly over 25 years old and just getting settled into propeller planes.Sterling Hayden plays the courageous and far seeing admiral Hawkins and Alexis Smith his supportive wife who would dearly like to see her man take an honorable retirement. Alexis Smith always had trouble getting cast because she was a tall girl, a first baseman as Bing Crosby said in Here Comes The Groom. No worries here because Sterling Hayden was 6'5" to Alexis's 5'9".Dean Jagger does a nice job in the role of Hayden's superior and mentor. The Eternal Sea is a real inspirational story and was worthy of a bigger studio and budget than Republic Pictures and the money allocated.
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