Claim: In Hold Back the Night, Sam MacKenzie(John Payne) refused to marry his girl Anne(Mona Freeman) before deployment as he does not want to risk making her a widow but was disgusted to find Anne having a major as an admirer in his return.
Evidence: The film tells the story in flashbacks of a bottle of scotch carried by a World War II Marine lieutenant and Korean War captain, Sam MacKenzie. His girl Anne gives it to him in 1942, but tells him to save it for a very special occasion. She asks him to marry her before he ships out to the fighting, but he does not want to risk making her a widow. When he returns to Anne, he is disgusted to find she has acquired a major as an admirer. Mona Freeman as Anne John Payne as Lieutenant / Captain Sam MacKenzie