At a Dean Martin Celebrity Roast honoring Sinatra, Borgnine mockingly reprised his Fatso Judson character. Despite Lorene's pleas to stay with her, Prewitt attempts to rejoin his company, but is shot dead by military police when he refuses to halt.

However, in the film, Maggio's abuse happens offscreen, and is told only verbally to Prewitt, who remains free.The New York Post applauded Frank Sinatra, remarking, "He proves he is an actor by playing the luckless Maggio with a kind of doomed gaiety that is both real and immensely touching. Holmes' replacement, Captain Ross, reprimands the other NCOs, demotes Galovitch to private, and affirms there will be no more promotions through boxing.

Sinatra would later comment that he thought his performance of heroin addict Frankie Machine in The Man with the Golden Arm was more deserving of an Oscar than his role as Maggio. The Japanese couple seemed amused that the group was discussing their conversation, and gave friendly smiles and waves. Prewitt tells her his career is in the military, and the two wonder whether they have a future together. had gone through tailor-made responses to the most common questions that usually cropped up in the history of the missions. I borrowed it from my uni isoc the other day after i finished my exams because i missed reading and i needed something to wind me down!

Burt Lancaster, whose presence adds measurably to the marquee weight of the strong cast names, wallops the character of First Sergeant Milton Warden, the professional soldier who wet-nurses a weak, pompous commanding officer and the GIs under him.