Beautiful, moving film.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Raoul Walsh directed this real life account about a special operations unit of paratroopers led by Col. Nelson(played by Errol Flynn) who are sent into the jungles of Japanese held Burma to destroy a radar station there. The mission is a success, but the unit has difficulty getting out after their rendezvous sight at an old air strip is intercepted by the Japanese, forcing them to make a perilous trek behind enemy lines to a suitable landing point for the rescue mission, though that is many miles away, and not all of them will make it, since the angry Japanese are right behind them... Excellent war film with fine acting(Flynn was never better) and directing, with an insightful script. Quite powerful and harrowing at times in memorable film.

As a drama the film does a good job, in terms of historical accuracy one questions it. The fighting in Burma was not carried out by the USA, but by the army of the United Kingdom. Had this operation actually occurred, it would have been carried out by the SAS. English soldiers fought in Burma from day one until the very end of the war. Fighting in the harsh, humid jungles of Burma was no easy task for the English army who were not accustomed to the extreme climate, the Japanese soldiers had the advantage. By suggesting that the USA came in and saved the day, I.e., the Calvary rushing in at the last minute, we minimise the role of her Majesty's forces and those who fell in her service. Many Englishmen paid the ultimate sacrifice for their queen and country. Burma was a British sphere of operation, just as the Philippines were an American theatre of operations. Let's not minimise the role of others.

This is just about the best American war film I've ever seen.It has great tension and suspense and could easily be shown to a modern audience today if only the black and white thing could be got over.Flynn is superb as the leader of a platoon in a very simple story of a group of men who are detailed to go into Japanese occupied Burmer on a mission and there struggle to return back to base.Most films of this era have awfully abvious studio stage set ups with lots of echoey speech and blowing up of models.I suppose this film does belong to its film making era to some extent eg some docu war footage inserted etc but even so the film is so good it does draw the viewer in so much so that the burmese settings become realistic.When it comes right down to it any film will succeed with good acting, great characters, atmostpheric music and with tight fast moving direction when needed and suspense as here shown in abundance by the great Raoul Walsh.If you like a war story instead of a war film this is recommended...

Errol Flynn leads his men in "Objective, Burma!" a 1945 war film also starring James Brown, William Prince, George Tobias, and Henry Hull. Flynn, as Captain Nelson, is charged with parachuting his regimen to Burma and disabling a camouflaged Japanese Army radar station that is detecting Allied aircraft flying into China. An older war correspondent (Henry Hull) accompanies them. Unfortunately, once they were in Burma, getting out became much more difficult.There's something about Errol Flynn war movies that invites controversy, and this one is no exception. The film was withdrawn from release in the United Kingdom after one week because it infuriated British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and drew protests about the Americanization of an almost entirely British, Indian and Commonwealth conflict.That aside, it's actually quite a good movie with a very authentic feel, even though it was filmed in Hollywood. Actual weapons, uniforms, and gear came from the military, which added to the reality of the atmosphere.Errol Flynn does a terrific job as Nelson, a man who is an excellent soldier and leader but who also inspires loyalty among his men. One of the actors seemed very familiar to me, and he turned out to be James Brown, who starred in The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin when I was growing up.There's both triumph and tragedy in this absorbing film. Another reminder on Memorial Day of what servicemen suffered. Except in this case, they were from other countries besides the U.S. in reality.