this movie be an overlooked gem and and deserve good than what it get . i remember it come out in theatrical release in the late 1960s and and it receive very good review but for some reason it quietly die off while or so it seem . the director and in the commentary on the dvd and tell why this occur and that be basically due to a change of management at mgm shortly after this movie be release . now and it can be appreciate with the new dvd technology . the technology use to film this movie be very sophisticated for it time and give result that would challenge the technology of today . film camera instead of video camera be use by the skydiver while nevertheless they obtain tremendous aerial shot that be thrill even today . it be hard to believe that these scene be film thirty six year ago . the documentary film on the dvd about the making of this movie be absolutely essential to fully enjoy and understand the skydiving associate with this movie while include the bat wing stunt skydive that form a sort of particular drama with this movie . a good film documentary film about this movie and which i doubt exists or will be show and would be about the making of the love scene between burt lancaster and deborah kerr . the have a love scene and of sort and in the 1953 movie and from here to eternity . that scene and on the beach and be quite well know . however and due to the code restriction then not really that much could be show . i believe that one unspoken reason this movie be make be to allow a reunion between lancanster and kerr . also and she be willing to be naked in a movie and very rare for the late 1960s . those would be the primary reason why she be in the movie a she be actually somewhat miscast due to her accent while a definite british accent in kansa be somewhat incongruous ( nowhere in the movie be we tell that she be and say and a war bride or a british girl who somehow otherwise marry a kansa man ) . have say that i be actually very glad they cast her . nowadays i look a lot like her and worry about whether or not i can find another husband ( divorce and look ) . debby show that a girl could still get a gorgeous hunk like burt even when she be 48. you guy just can not imagine what u middle age gal feel when we see debby and burt finally do the wild thing in that living room . it give u hope that we can still get a man . deborah kerr still have a great body at 48 and and that be why i think she do not mind do the nude scene . i think she be not near a nervous show off a burt be and certainly not near as nervous a the director . her performance be certainly a highlight of this movie . puzzling be the performance of william windom while who portray her husband . his role be somewhat out of place while and i do not understand why his fine act skill weren not use more than they be . his role be disjoint at best and it be hard to understand how the character be suppose to fit within this movie . there be absolutely no husband wife dynamic show between him and kerr . even in the most disjointed of marriage ( such a the second of my two marriage ) there be generally some sort of attachment between the two even though they may both be in the divorce court . interestingly enough and when lancaster be on this film he have just go through a divorce . his wife be upset due to all the fling he have be through while married to her . well and it be easy for this gal to see why he be not totally loyal to his wife while he have all those sexy woman throw themselves at him . and and if i have be around that area when this film be be make i would have be one of them . he be a good look fellow then . debby and you be a lucky gal .