CURRENT & CHOICE

The Enemy Below. A thriller of a duel between a DE and a U-boat, well played by Robert Mitchum and Curt Juergens, sharply directed by Dick Powell (TIME Jan. 13).

The Bridge on the River Kwai. Director David Lean's magnificently ironic adventure story, developed into a tragic exploration of the unmeaning of life; with Alec Guinness, William Holden (TIME, Dec. 23).

Paths of Glory. A passion out of fashion, anti-militarism, vented by a gifted new director, 29-year-old Stanley Kubrick (TIME, Dec. 9).

Don't Go Near the Water. A daffy piece of South Pacifiction, based on Wiliam Brinkley's novel about some officers and men engaged in the Navy's public relations and their own private affairs TIME, Nov. 25).

Pal Joey. A mildly anemic version of the full-blooded Broadway musical--with Frank Sinatra supplying a strong jolt of the glamour vitamin (TIME, Oct. 28).

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