I sat through this movie in 1962 in a theater in a town where I was stuck for 2 or 3 days when my car broke down on the way to California. I was not in a particularly good mood and, admittedly, it probably affected my take on the movie, but I found it to be excruciating. Especially when the music would come up as the horsemen rode through the clouds as an omen of doom. If I'd had anywhere to go or anything else to do I'm sure I would have walked out on it.
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shareWhen it first come to TCM years ago, i did enjoy it. I like WWII intrigue and drama as only the Gestapo could make it. I thought Glen Ford was at his tops and the forbidden love with Madame Laurie was a typical wartime love. I sat glued and enjoying every minute. However, i tried to watch it again years and years later and i was asleep and finally turned it off. It did not make money and had poor attendance. So I enjoyed it but never again. Boring now! The horror of that War is over and history.
shareIt is sad--a quality film ruined by bad casting . . . Ford is much too old for the part, and doesn't fit the character . . . Ynette is also unbelievable in her part (Ford could easily be her father!) . . . Karl Boehm comes out as perhaps too young . . . Lee J. Cobb, well, he did the best he could . . . there are certain scenes that are very good, and some good performances, yet Metro really did waste it here--maybe Laurence Harvey in the lead could've worked . . . The four horsemen galloping across the sky still is pretty good cinema . . .
shareWell we can at least be grateful that we still have the 1921 masterpiece to revisit. It's quite superior to this, and Valentino made for a more believable Julio than Glen Ford..
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How true, though popular, Glenn Ford was badly miscast in this film . . . he was too old for one thing . . . and his playing a dashing bon vivant was out of character . . .
shareA lot of the problem with the casting choice is that whoever played Julio, would be compared to Valentino from the original film. Poor Glenn Ford just didn't stand a chance!
"IMdB; where 14 year olds can act like jaded 40 year old critics...'
True, and Ford was extremely popular . . . someone else, Laurence Harvey, or possibly Dirk Bogard, would've been better choices . . . Ford is extremely awkward in this role, and the ending not believable . . . though, again, he was a popular screen player--they went with that, and the film suffers . . .
shareSaw it in 1962 also and was sorely disappointed. Incredibly boring with a strange mix of old and new movie stars most of whom were ill cast. Some played over the top like Cobb and others murmured like Ford. The only exception is Nestor Pavia who could play anyone. Watched it again many years later and couldn't make it through to the end. A shame.
shareI tried hard to stay with it but couldn't. It's a horrible bore.
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