The Perfect Furlough (1958) Synopsis

For a one year assignment, one hundred four bachelor soldiers/scientists staff a top secret, experimental US Army radar station in the Arctic, the volunteer nature of the positions due to the station's remote and isolated nature that the Army brass felt that single men without spousal attachments could handle better. Seven months in, the morale among the men is low, they who may not survive emotionally for the remaining five months due partly to that lack of female companionship. As such, Lieutenant Vicki Loren, an Army psychologist, comes up with an idea to offer one of the men what they collectively would consider the perfect three week furlough, the other one hundred three whose morale would be lifted in living vicariously through the chosen one. What the officers are unaware of is that the entire furlough process at the research station is manipulated by Corporal Paul Hodges, the only one who did not volunteer for this posting but was assigned to it to control his overactive libido. In addition to being the chosen one, he manipulates the others to agree to what would be his perfect furlough: in Paris with movie star, Sandra Roca, better known as the Argentinean Bombshell, that furlough which the Army is able to arrange with Roca's management. Beyond Sandra's publicist Liz Baker, many Army personnel will oversee this operation directly and in person after reading Corporal Hodges' file, those assigned including Lieutenant Loren herself, Major Collins and a handful of MPs. Their collective job is to save Sandra from Paul, all the while still putting on the face that this three weeks is Paul's perfect furlough in that end goal of lifting the morale of the other one hundred three, while Paul's task is to thwart their efforts to spend time alone with Sandra at any opportunity. The dynamic specifically between Paul, Sandra and Vicki changes with two trips to the French countryside where the true nature of their feelings comes to light, with some complications along the way.—Huggo

For a one year assignment, one hundred four bachelor soldiers/scientists staff a top secret, experimental US Army radar station in the Arctic, the volunteer nature of the positions due to the station's remote and isolated nature that the Army brass felt that single men without spousal attachments could handle better. Seven months in, the morale among the men is low, they who may not survive emotionally for the remaining five months due partly to that lack of female companionship. As such, Lieutenant Vicki Loren, an Army psychologist, comes up with an idea to offer one of the men what they collectively would consider the perfect three week furlough, the other one hundred three whose morale would be lifted in living vicariously through the chosen one. What the officers are unaware of is that the entire furlough process at the research station is manipulated by Corporal Paul Hodges, the only one who did not volunteer for this posting but was assigned to it to control his overactive libido. In addition to being the chosen one, he manipulates the others to agree to what would be his perfect furlough: in Paris with movie star, Sandra Roca, better known as the Argentinean Bombshell, that furlough which the Army is able to arrange with Roca's management. Beyond Sandra's publicist Liz Baker, many Army personnel will oversee this operation directly and in person after reading Corporal Hodges' file, those assigned including Lieutenant Loren herself, Major Collins and a handful of MPs. Their collective job is to save Sandra from Paul, all the while still putting on the face that this three weeks is Paul's perfect furlough in that end goal of lifting the morale of the other one hundred three, while Paul's task is to thwart their efforts to spend time alone with Sandra at any opportunity. The dynamic specifically between Paul, Sandra and Vicki changes with two trips to the French countryside where the true nature of their feelings comes to light, with some complications along the way.—Huggo

Published Time: 2020-08-31 13:23:10