I rated it 4 only because I like Mari Blanchard and Frank Lovejoy. The "plot" is so bad it deserves a 2. It is so disconnected and self-contradictory that it seems they just improvised a story as they went along. If I understood correctly, the Air Force comandeered a private estate, erected chain-link fence all around it, built a gatehouse, set up Restricted signage, staffed the estate with military guards...OVERNIGHT !
If I understood correctly, Frank Lovejoy could not be charged with a murder that he committed on German soil unless he was physically present in Germany. Nonsense. It was not clear if the action takes place before 1952 or after 1952. If before, a murder committed by an American airman upon another American airman would be U. S. military jurisdiction, not German police; if after, there could be a simple extradition. They say he couldn't be arrested because there was no evidence--but they had a ballistics test matching his rifle to the murder weapon. Seems like pretty good evidence to me. Richard Denning says he will enlist and assign himself to the new Top Secret Experimental Base that is going to be erected overnight. Why is there a recruiting station in Germany? Were there a lot of former wehrmacht trying to join the American Air force?
And this is definitely NOT Film Noir; it is more like a Saturday morning kids' serial.
If I understood correctly, Frank Lovejoy could not be charged with a murder that he committed on German soil unless he was physically present in Germany. Nonsense. It was not clear if the action takes place before 1952 or after 1952. If before, a murder committed by an American airman upon another American airman would be U. S. military jurisdiction, not German police; if after, there could be a simple extradition. They say he couldn't be arrested because there was no evidence--but they had a ballistics test matching his rifle to the murder weapon. Seems like pretty good evidence to me. Richard Denning says he will enlist and assign himself to the new Top Secret Experimental Base that is going to be erected overnight. Why is there a recruiting station in Germany? Were there a lot of former wehrmacht trying to join the American Air force?
And this is definitely NOT Film Noir; it is more like a Saturday morning kids' serial.