In Love and War is a 1958 Cinemascope film based on a novel called The Big War by Anton Myrer and directed by Philip Dunne. The film traces the progress of three Marines on shore leave during WWII, in the Pacific. One of the men is a gung-ho patriot , the second is a perennial goof-off, and the third hopes to prove his worth to his wealthy father. Nico, Frankie and Alan come to San Francisco on a furlough from the war. Nico proposes to his pregnant girlfriend Andrea. A drunken Frankie fights with Charlie Stanton, his hateful stepfather, who thinks him a coward. The wealthy Alan catches his... fiancee, Sue, with another man. Lorraine, who is in love with Frankie, has joined the military as a WAVE. She introduces his friend Alan to her roommate Kalai, a nurse of Hawaiian-French heritage. They all go to Lorraine's apartment, where Frankie first passes out, then wakes up screaming at the thought of returning to the war. Lorraine decides to leave him. The three men return to the Pacific front, where they end up engaged in a frightening battle. Frankie shows cowardice and Nico tries to slap sense into him.
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| Release date: | 1958 |
| Directed by: | Philip Dunne |
| Runtime: | 111 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jerry Wald |
| Music by: | Hugo Friedhofer |
| Cinematography: | Leo Tover |