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Synopsis: Married couple Jim & Ella Merchant set up their single friend Al Schmid on a blind date with Ruth Hartley. The two hit it off and begin dating. A welder, one day at the workplace, Al learns of a friend's enlistment in the Marine Corps and decides to join himself. Al and Ruth have a last date, with Al insisting that she forget about him as he is about to go into combat. However, when Ruth goes to meet his departure train, he is overjoyed and gives her an engagement ring. Assigned to Guadalcanal, Al and his squad are tasked with preventing the Japanese from breaching their line. During a night attack, many of his fellow Marines are slain, but Al ends up single-handedly saving the day, killing scores of Japanese. However, he is wounded by a suicide bomber near the end of the the battle. At the hospital, Al learns that he is blind, a condition that persists even after surgery. Feeling sorry for himself, he dictates a letter to a nurse, informing Ruth that he is relieving her of any obligat
Director(s): Delmer Daves
Production: Warner Bros.
 
IMDB:
7.4
APPROVED
Year:
1945
120 min
109 Views


in the fuse.

I just got a shock taking

a penny out of the fuse!

Don't let anybody

ring the doorbell.

You see how simple it is?

They have a lovely home,

haven't they?

I suppose you'd like one

yourself someday.

Well, yes, someday i'd

like a home of my own.

I thought so.

On the installment plan.

Most couples

start out that way.

Hmm. They sure do.

The flowers are nice.

So many of them, it's

almost like a wedding.

A wedding? Oh, boy,

that's a hot one.

You're way ahead on

your installments, sister.

Hi, ruth.

Well, you two are

good friends already.

Yep. I feel

as if i met her dozens of times.

Well, isn't that nice?

Come on upstairs, ruth.

Stuck a pin

in the doorbell.

What gives?

Ella mae has got to

stop picking out girls for me to marry.

I'm fed up. I just

can't take it anymore.

She doesn't mean

to be a nuisance, al.

It's just kind of

a disease with her.

I'm gonna cure her.

Tonight.

Bowls 500.

What's the score?

You've got 220.

Ruth's got 40.

Bowls 500, does she?

How much longer

does that poor girl have to take this?

He's making her feel

like a monkey.

Not that he isn't

enjoying himself.

Every once in a while

those pins act like they're nailed down.

He's using her

to tell you off.

That's what you think.

Jim, what are you doing?

I'm gonna fix

this gadget.

It's out of focus.

You'll do no such thing.

Yeah, but...

you'll be sued. Now,

put that toolkit away.

Put that toolkit away.

Yes, dear.

You know, i figured out

what's wrong.

This alley must be warped.

So is your sense

of humor.

Hey, what do you say

we drop over to webber's

and schlup up

a few beers, huh?

Aw, but ruthie hasn't

hit her stride yet.

Aw, come on, al.

She wants to get

her game going, don't you, ruthie?

Yes. I'd enjoy

another game.

Well, come on, dear.

Good night, kids.

Have a good time.

Good night.

Good night, all.

Ruth:

Thanks for dinner.

You be good.

Well, champ,

start bowling.

You know, i think

there's something wrong with the way i play.

You don't mean it.

I'd be terribly grateful

if you'd show me how you do it.

Well, i'll tell you,

it takes a long time

to learn.

Not with a wonderful

bowler like you to teach me.

Well, uh...

well, um, you, um,

bring the ball all the way

back like this...

now i see where all

your power comes from.

And then you let it go

like that.

Oh, i'm so sorry,

but the way you moved

your legs was so graceful,

i forgot to watch

your grip on the ball.

Oh. Like this.

And that little step

you do...

is that one

of your secrets for success?

Oh, well,

that was a mistake.

You made a mistake?

I was a little nervous.

You, al schmid, nervous?

Now, look, are you

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Albert Maltz

Albert Maltz was an American playwright, fiction writer and screenwriter. He was one of the Hollywood Ten who were jailed in 1950 for their 1947 refusal to testify before the US Congress about their involvement with the Communist Party USA. more…

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