Task Force (Warner) is an ambitious, full-dress review of the ups & downs of U.S. naval aviation. Thanks to the practiced teamwork of Producer Jerry Wald and Writer-Director Delmer Daves (Destination Tokyo, Dark Passage), it is a thoroughly businesslike job. By playing up the facts and playing down the fiction, they have produced a film which at its best carries the conviction of a documentary and the impact of history in the making.
The history lesson is modestly pegged on the career of a young Navy pilot (Gary Cooper) who gets his start in...
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