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While the premise sets the stage for potential melodrama, Huston (who also co-wrote the screenplay) keeps the tone grounded and respectful. The film is essentially a chamber piece played out on a vast canvas. The narrative tension is split between the external threat of the Japanese military and the internal tension of a man and a woman bound by vastly different vows—one to the Marine Corps, the other to God.