Battle of the Titans Personally, I was attracted to the viewing, of course, one of my favorite actors - James Cagney. Who for some time played not a bandit or a gangster, but an outstanding American naval commander.
In 1942, the United States was defeated on all fronts by the Japanese. The last thing left-- To lose Guadalcanal is to surrender Australia to enemies. The US government, realizing that there is nothing left to lose, appoints Admiral William Halsey (Cagney) as the head of the naval forces in the region. For a deliberately hopeless and in fact "firing position".
The originality of the picture is that for the first time (and in my opinion, and for the last time) in world cinema it is shown how the generals solve the issues of offensive, defense, creating traps and traps for the enemy.
The film does not have a single scene of battles, but, as almost at the level of a detective, shows the play of the mind of prominent military leaders - Halsey and Japanese Admiral Yamamoto (who designed the defeat at Pearl Harbor). At the same time, the appearance of each officer in the frame that is American, that Japanese is accompanied by a voiceover text about who he is, where he came from, how he got to this position. Which gives the picture amazing authenticity. .