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Bomber's Moon (20th Century-Fox] counters its lack of bombing with a brimming plotful of moonshine. From the time U.S. Air Forces Captain Jeff Dakin (George Montgomery) crashes over Germany until he arrives safely back in Eng land, the plot never stops boiling. When the captain escapes from the prison camp, with an alleged Czech prisoner (Kent Taylor) and a most unlikely-looking Russian Army doctor (Annabella), the trio hitch hike to Frankfort in no less an oddity than a truck full of coffins. When the Czech turns out to be a German spy, Doctor Annabella quite naturally snoots him.

When the captain hears that a plot to kill Churchill is being engineered by none other than the Nazi who caused his crash, he jumps a German plane, quite naturally shoots the Nazi down. When the in-flying American has a hell of a time convincing British authorities by radio that he is not a Nazi, Doctor Annabella is luckily on deck to save the situation. It is a busy picture, relieved by moments of unconscious humor. Good shot: a plane swooping down on a lone parachutist, as seen from the pilot's seat.

And Then Japan (MARCH OF TIME) sets out to show the U.S. what kind of enemy it faces in the Far East. The end result of its factual evidence and fictional dramatization is a sharp warning that the present war is far from over when Fascism in Europe is defeated.

In blind obedience to their Emperor, the Japanese are seen in prayer before Shinto shrines. A U.S. flyer is executed by a firing squad while the radio yelps that the Mikado's cities have been "treacherously and inhumanly" bombed. Tiny children in uniform are shown being trained to fight. Tokyo, its streets a blaze of light, is obviously sneering at blackouts. Jap propaganda films "prove" that only force pays, that by its victories the nation already possesses sufficient rubber, timber and other raw materials to carry on a war that will wear out the rest of the world.

All this does not necessarily make an evenly textured omelet. But, spiced with a forceful commentary by ex-Ambassador to Japan Joseph C. Grew ("Nothing less than all-out effort will suffice. The future is ours--or theirs. There is no other choice"), the picture leaves no doubt about the toughness of the fight that lies ahead.

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