From Here to Eternity (1953)

Dana and Tom discuss the Best Picture winner from 1953 for the 81st Anniversary of Pearl Harbor, From Here to Eternity (1953): directed by Fred Zinnemann, written by Daniel Taradash, starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, and Frank Sinatra.

Plot Summary: In 1941, in Oahu, Hawaii, Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) is voluntarily transferred after quitting the Bugle Corp upon being replaced as First Bugler. Prewitt reunites with his good friend, Pvt. Angelo Maggio (Frank Sinatra), before meeting with the company commander and Regimental boxing head, Capt. Dana Holmes (Philip Ober). Holmes pressures Prewitt to join the company boxing club, but he steadfastly refuses because of a fight-related tragedy. Holmes' adjutant, Sgt. Milton Warden (Burt Lancaster), cautions Prewitt against opposing Holmes, but Prewitt stubbornly declines to box. Soon, the base is a caldron of action as Holmes makes romantic overtures to Capt. Holmes’ wife Karen; Prewitt starts a relationship with Lorene, (Donna Reed) a club hostess, while continuing to endure hassling due to his refusal to box; and Maggio starts a grudge match with "Fatso" Judson (Ernest Borgnine), sergeant of the stockade. Each relationship seems headed for disaster as war in the Pacific looms.

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