From Here to Eternity

Adapted from the novel by James Jones, Fred Zinnemann’s From Here to Eternity is a look at the lives of pre-war enlisted men told from a man who knew it. Sanitized a bit from the source, it shows how petty and undirected the army had become without a war to fight, especially how the officer corps treated the men under their command. Anchored by a bevy of great performances, the film is something of a powerhouse look at an army without purpose, shaken into action in its final moments into a w...