year ago i saw this movie and do not remember it be so bad . i be surprised and in fact and that upon see it again i really dislike the film and think it fail on so many level . while not as bad a jet pilot or the conquerer and this be a truly stupid film and be best skip by all but the most devoted fan of john wayne . the big and most annoying aspect of the film be wayne continually talk to his invisible girl baby . repeatedly throughout the film and he talk to her almost like he a narrator describe his character inner machination . and he do it in such a clumsy way with line like do ya hear that and baby . or eh and baby every few minute . please just shut up . secondly and there just isn not much chemistry between him and lauren bacall . her character be completely undeveloped and rather wooden ( except when she inexplicably want to drop everything and get herself kill for absolutely no reason late in the film ) . his character be a moron and an obnoxious one at that . third and i hat see american play lead chinese character . while this may have be more common in the 1930s and it here as well . the funny example be mike mizurki a a chinese guy . hmm and . very reminiscent of john wayne a genghis kahn in the conquerer . so all in all and this be a bad movie whether or not it star john wayne . the writing and acting and direction be all poor and i can think of no reason to see the film . i know some of his devoted fan will think it heresy for me to pan this film and but for every great film he make at least one dud . and this one and while not his bad film and be a dud .