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I'm not a movie expert by any means but I do really enjoy noir movies from the forties and fifties and especially foreign ones. Each week I search the internet to discover a good one I haven't seen. A Ship to India certainly satisfies the noir in me. However the morals of the 3 main characters are pretty shocking for a 1947 movie. Attempted rape, adultery, drunkenness, prostitution, and infidelity on two fronts. Also attempted suicide. If this is what you like you'll enjoy if but you're a Casablanca , Silence of the Sea kind of person like me, this will be too impure. I like to feel satisfied at the end of a movie but with this one infidelity wins.

I've made a study of searching for and watching Nazi movies made in the 1940's. Underground is surprisingly good! Unlike many movies in this era the action moves fairly quickly in "Underground". The acting is also admirable. Even with 4 years left to go to defeat the Germans, the writers understood the evil Nazi regime. Noticeably absent is any mention of Jews. I assume at this point little was known of what was going on in the concentration camps. Knowing what we know now it's difficult to grasp how Germany was perceived in 1941. Soon atrocities of great magnitude would be uncovered. Sacrifice for truth.

I watch these episodes over and over because they are so great. Jackie Gleason and Art Carney are absolutely fantastic comedy actors. This particular episode has a live blooper that I want to address here. Ralph talks to Ed and walks around the room to hide the fact that he is zippering the zipper on his pants and the studio audience realizes this and laughs loudly! Art Carney never cracks a smile but Jackie Gleason comes out of character a bit and chuckles. No profanity, no nudity, no hidden political agendas just hilarious writing and acting. I'm filling in my review with the required number of characters.