Cinema: Two Heroes

The McConnell Story (Warners). Captain Joseph McConnell Jr., who at 31 became the world's first triple jet ace (16 MIGs in nine months of Korean combat), was killed about a year ago at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., when he crashed in a jet fighter he was testing. This is his film biography, and it declares a ringing hail and farewell to the hero, with all the domestic and military taradiddle that Hollywood finds necessary on such occasions. This time, unfortunately, the mixture contains a little more than the absolutely necessary amount of...

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