This film begins with an American Army bomber pilot by the name of "Major Larry Briggs" (Alan Ladd) talking to a doctor in Shanghai concerning the health of his good friend "Captain Mike Perry" (Douglas Dick). Unfortunately, the news is not good as the doctor tells the major that his friend has terminal brain cancer and only has 2 to 3 months to live. Since both of them have recently been discharged from the army the major decides not to tell his friend of his condition but rather invites him to go with with him and another member of their team "Staff Sergeant Pete Rocco" (Wally Cassell) on a job flying a private civilian airplane from there to Saigon. Although the major suspects that there is something illegal involved with this mission he is determined to give his good friend the best 2 months of his life in the Orient. What he doesn't count on is becoming directly involved after the flight ends. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was a fairly good grade-B movie which had a decent plot and some solid acting-especially on the part of Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake (as "Susan Cleaver"). That being said, for a story supposedly taking place in the Orient, the sets seemed to have a slight Hollywood feel to them here and there. But that's to be expected for the most part in American films during this period I suppose. In any case, I considered this movie to be good enough for the time spent and I have rated it accordingly. Average.
