it nothing more than a weird coincidence that i decide to watch starlift on the 59th anniversary of the day in june 1950 when president truman order u force into the korean war . starlift and you see and be set largely at travis air force base in california in the year when it be be use a a staging post for soldier be ship out to fight in korea . but you would need to do your own research to know this because not once during the film be the name korea mention . we see transport aircraft fly out fresh troop and return with wounded soldier but there no mention of where these men will be fight or get injure . which be kind of weird for a film design to wave the flag and salute america men in uniform . release in december 1951 by warner brother and starlift be a very obvious effort to replicate the success of the studio star stud world war two home front morale booster hollywood canteen . this 1944 crowd pleaser tell the story of two soldier spend their last three night of leave hang out at the famous armed force nightclub in la hop to get a date with joan leslie . but really it be just an excuse for warner to trot out every star under contract and from joan crawford and john garfield and and barbara stanwyck to peter lorre and bette davis and sydney greenstreet and more . starlift feature two air force soldier hop to meet fictional starlet nell wayne ( a mask like janice rule ) and persuade a bunch of warner bros star to put on a show for the departing troop . but in place of crawford and garfield et al the best the brother warner could scrape up in 1951 be doris day and ruth roman and gordon macrae and virginia mayo and gene nelson and phil harris with fleeting appearance by james cagney and randolph scott and and a clearly embarrassed look gary cooper . this threadbare cast and whose combined star power would struggle to illuminate a standard lamp and be perfectly match by the crummy production value . presumably in an effort to save money several long scene be shot use really really bad back projection . how bad be it . you can see the join where the screen meet the floor of the soundstage . to describe starlift a a sloppy and lazy and third rate movie be to do a disservice to film which be sloppy and lazy and third rate . it just terrible . avoid it .