Being a 1950s Disney flick, they apparently didn't want to show any killing or even wounding. This is a little hard to do in a war movie and still maintain credibility. The climatic prison break was a little too sanitized to be believable.
shareYeah, it was a little silly how during the initial sequence of the prison break you have like 20 armed guards and yet none of them are actually firing shots until a few minutes in.
Still, I give Disney credit for trying something a little darker than their usual fare, even if the result is flawed.
"[Cinema] is a labyrinth with a treacherous resemblance to reality." - Andrew Sarris
Cavalry.
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