Word: fault
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...utter even a syllable on the one subject uppermost in British minds: the escape of the German ships through the Channel. To his critics he turned what those critics call the stubborn side of his character-the stubborn side which carried Britain through her darkest previous hours: "One fault, one crime and one crime only can rob the United Nations and the British people . . . of the victory upon which their lives and honor depends: a weakening in our purpose, and therefore in our unity. That is the mortal crime...
...Through the Night" may not go on quite that long, but it has enough action and cop-and robber chases to last well on into the morning. As a matter of fact, probably the biggest fault in the film is its overabundance of climactic gunfights and midnight war chouse searches. These are exciting and all that, but they leave you a bit worn out when they're finally over...
...Shostakovich has dedicated his symphony, a musical expression of war's effect on "ordinary, simple people," to the citizens of Leningrad. Says he: "I always try to make myself as widely understood as possible, and if I don't succeed I consider it's my own fault...
...facts about the academic requisites for Army courses, the dates when they will be given, and relative needs would go a long way toward assuring a steady flow of trainees from planned college curricula. The fault is a vagueness in the plans for the future, and a failure to organize the data for college students. Some of the information has been played down for routine military reasons, although the Japs would gain little from finding out that the Army requires its meteorologists to have two years of math...
There are others in the cast besides Eddy and his buxom companion, but since most of Hollywood's actors work under contracts that are pretty hard to break, it isn't really their fault...