The Naked and the Dead

TCM's Dave Karger introduces The Naked And The Dead, 1958.

TCM's Dave Karger introduces The Naked And The Dead, 1958.

Mopping up after ambushing a Japanese patrol in the South Pacific, soldiers Red (Robert Gist) and Gallagher (Richard Jaeckel) taking orders from their sergeant Croft (Aldo Ray), leading to a famous incident from Norman Mailer's original novel, in The Naked And The Dead, 1958.

In the officers' mess, South Pacific ca. 1944, General Cummings (Raymond Massey) enters as his aide Hearn (Cliff Robertson) tangles with Col. Dalleson (Casey Adams) over food protocol, followed by further discussion from Norman Mailer's novel, in The Naked And The Dead, 1958.

A green lieutenant comes up against incompetent officers and a sadistic sergeant during World War II in The Naked and the Dead (1958), directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Aldo Ray.