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When I was in the Navy, they showed us that film as part of leadership training. Our instructors said the portrayal of discipline, leadership, and the burdens of command was perfect. Except for the very end, which they felt was a bad Hollywood ending.

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I saw it in leadership training course in the California Conservation Corps. I imagine it was inserted into the curriculum by a former military officer or NCO.

Naturally they wouldn't want it seem like it was OK for commanders to "lose it".

It wasn't that he "lost it", just they way he did.

Ah the style of the time was heavy dramatics. A holdover from the stage where you needed exaggerated expression to make up for the distance of the audience.

Still I didn’t find it nearly as bad as other examples from that era. “A Street Car Named Desire” for example takes it to another level.

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