When the Department of Defense signed on for cooperation in making The Flying Missile I'm not sure if anyone read the story. What Glenn Ford does in this film should have been a court martial offense and rated him being drummed out of the Navy.
Also a great opportunity was missed showing how the discoveries in rocketry by our late opponents in World War II were now being put to use in our country's defense.
Glenn Ford is cast as a submarine commander who develops an obsession with firing rockets from submarines and pushes to get himself assigned to a developing program at Point Mugu, California. As a sideline he develops an interest in Admiral Henry O'Neill's secretary Viveca Lindfors.
But mainly he's interested in being the first to test fire a missile from a submarine. So interested is Ford that he ignores all kinds of protocols and procedures. Something happens on the first test and he loses Joe Sawyer his CPO on the submarine.
I'm sorry, but in the real Navy he would have been court marshaled and drummed out of the service. The Pentagon would also have been looking at Henry O'Neill's conduct as well who acts like an indulgent rich uncle with Ford instead of a commanding officer.
Glenn what were you thinking when you signed on for this?
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