马里昂·罗斯

　　美国海军海之虎号潜艇即将退役，海军少将雪曼早早地来到潜艇上，翻看航海日志。看着自己当年的记录，昔日情景仍历历在目。将军思绪万千，浮想联翩……. 　　太平洋战争初期，美国海军在东南亚步步退守。海之虎号潜艇在港口几乎被日军飞机炸沉，雪曼艇长（卡里·格兰特饰）的任务是在两周之内完成平时需要两个月才能做完的事——把完全失去航行和战斗能力的海之虎号修好并撤退，但时局艰难，海之虎号连最起码的补给都很难弄到。海军上尉霍顿前来报到，此人无论穿着打扮或言谈举止，都象个十足的纨绔子弟，而且有关潜艇专业的知识他一概不懂，雪曼艇长觉得自己又多了一重麻烦。 　　霍顿上尉主动请缨之下，当上了海之虎号的军需官。谁知这正是最能发挥他长才的职位。他妥为运筹，使海之虎号的军需补给呈现一派欣欣向荣的景象，很快就拔锚起航了，而基地指挥官则忙着追查搬空基地仓库及他本人办公室的窃贼。 　　霍顿上尉是个很有办法的人，海之虎号起航时引擎都没修好，他雇来当地巫师作法，帮助潜艇顺利离岸；中途停靠地找不到补给，他开设赌场允许当地官兵拿基地的物资来兑换筹码。他也是个好心的人，对于帮助过他寻找补给的人，他都会有所回报，因而海之虎号上多了一个犯过军法的囚犯厨师，多了一群美女军医，多了赌场老板大肚皮的婆娘们及一只产奶的山羊。看在他搜罗军需品的才能份上，这些奇奇怪怪的人和事雪曼艇长都勉强接受下来。 　　美女军医们上船后，雪曼艇长的烦恼更多了：船员们纷纷装病，以便享受温柔的呵护；一名女军医太过“层峦叠嶂”，雪曼艇长不得不下令当女士们通过狭窄的艇中走道时，男士们要自动消失；同样还是这名女军医，无意中按到了鱼雷发射钮，致使一枚鱼雷没有打中8000吨的日军油轮，却冲上沙滩击毁了一辆卡车…… 　　海之虎号需要防锈漆，霍顿上尉只找到一些白色和红色的漆，从此太平洋上出现了一艘粉红色的潜艇。美、日双方都不知道本方有这样的潜艇，各自下令：一经发现粉红色潜艇，立即击沉。 　　海之虎号与一艘美国军舰遭遇了，还没来得及打招呼，炮弹便飞了过来，雪曼艇长命令紧急下潜，可他出尽百宝都无法骗得军舰停扔深水炸弹，只因为潜艇上有初生婴儿的哭声帮军舰的声纳作定位。万分危急之中，霍顿上尉建议将女军医们的内衣用鱼雷发射管打上海面。此计果然生效，军舰指挥官一看那胸罩便断定日本女人不会有这么大的尺码。 　　海之虎号得救了！ 　　最后，霍顿上尉也当上了这艘“神奇潜艇”的艇长　。

　　Eric Braeden stars as Dr. Charles Forbin, who has created a supercomputer named Colossus, built solely for the purpose of controlling the nuclear defenses of the Western alliance. It isn't too long after, however, that the Russians announce that they too have built a similar computer for those same purposes on their side--Guardian. And when the two machines begin sharing information at a speed nobody can believe, an attempt is made to disable them.　　This unfortunately just raises the machines' ire; and in retaliation, they launch their weapons at each other's home nations. The result is a chilling scenario that is potentially becoming all too real these days.　　COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT was not a big hit at the box office for various reasons. One is that its cast wasn't exactly well known. Another reason is that its ending isn't exactly a happy one. Still a third reason is that Universal had trouble trying to promote it in the wake of the huge success of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. The latter reason is obvious: Colossus and Guardian, like HAL in the Kubrick movie, become central characters here. The difference here is that while HAL malfunctions due to a programming conflict, Colossus and Guardian remain all too stable, convinced beyond a doubt that they know how to protect Mankind better than Man himself. As the computers point out: "One inevitable rule is that Mankind is his own worst enemy."　　Joseph Sargent's direction is efficient, and the special effects work of Albert Whitlock still manages to work despite its obvious age. An overlooked gem in the sci-fi genre, this should be given a revival.