Editing In Harm's Way (section)

{{short description|1965 film by Otto Preminger}}
{{Other uses|Harm's Way (disambiguation){{!}}Harm's Way}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = In Harm's Way
| image          = In Harms Way Poster.jpg
| caption        = [[Film poster|Theatrical release poster]]<br />by [[Saul Bass]]
| director       = [[Otto Preminger]]
| producer       = Otto Preminger
| based_on       = {{based on|''[[Harm's Way (novel)|Harm's Way]]''<br />1962 novel|[[James Bassett (author)|James Bassett]]}}
| screenplay     = [[Wendell Mayes]]
| starring       = [[John Wayne]]<br />[[Kirk Douglas]]<br />[[Patricia Neal]]<br />[[Tom Tryon]]<br />[[Paula Prentiss]]<br />[[Brandon deWilde]]<br />[[Jill Haworth]]<br />[[Dana Andrews]]<br />[[Henry Fonda]]
| music          = [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
| cinematography = [[Loyal Griggs]]
| editing        = [[George Tomasini]]<br />[[Hugh S. Fowler]]
| distributor    = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1965|4|6}}
| runtime        = 165 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| gross          = $4,500,000 (US/Canada rentals)<ref>This figure consists of anticipated rentals accruing distributors in North America. See "Big Rental Pictures of 1965", ''Variety'', 5 January 1966 p 6</ref>
| budget         = 
}}
'''''In Harm's Way''''' is a 1965 American [[Epic film|epic]] [[Historical drama|historical]] [[Romance film|romantic]] [[war film]] produced and directed by [[Otto Preminger]]<ref name="In Harm's Way">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4651/in-harms-way|title=In Harm's Way|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|access-date=February 29, 2016}}</ref> and starring [[John Wayne]], [[Kirk Douglas]], and [[Patricia Neal]], with a supporting cast featuring [[Henry Fonda]] in a lengthy cameo, [[Tom Tryon]], [[Paula Prentiss]], [[Stanley Holloway]], [[Burgess Meredith]], [[Brandon deWilde]], [[Jill Haworth]], [[Dana Andrews]], and [[Franchot Tone]].<ref>''[[Variety Film Reviews|Variety]]'' film review; March 31, 1965, page 6.</ref> Produced with [[Panavision]] motion picture equipment, it was one of the last [[Black and white|black-and-white]] [[World War II]] epics, and Wayne's last black-and-white film. The screenplay was written by [[Wendell Mayes]], based on the 1962 novel ''[[Harm's Way (novel)|Harm's Way]]'', by [[James Bassett (author)|James Bassett]].

The setting of the film is the entry of the United States into [[World War II]]. It depicts the lives of several U.S. naval officers based in [[Hawaii]] and their wives or lovers. The title of the film comes from a quote from an American Revolutionary naval commander: {{Blockquote|I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm's way.|[[John Paul Jones]]}}

The film presents a relatively unromantic picture of the [[U.S. Navy]] and its officers from the night of December 6, 1941, through the first year of the U.S. participation in [[World War II]], complete with bureaucratic quarreling among the senior officers and sometimes disreputable private actions by individuals. Its sprawling narrative is typical of Preminger's works in which he examined institutions and the people who run them, such as the [[United States Congress]] and the [[Presidency of the United States]] in ''[[Advise & Consent]]'', the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic Church]] in ''[[The Cardinal]]'', and the [[United Kingdom|British]] Intelligence Service in ''[[The Human Factor (1979 film)|The Human Factor]]''.