Fabian Stinks!

Thank God the pathetic Fabian is out of this film quickly. As it is, it's hard for the movie to recover from the depths to which his ludicrous performance sinks it. People have criticized Mischa Auer in the original, but he's Laurence Olivier compared to this untalented goon. Daliah Lavi is right behind him. Half the time she's unintelligible, and the other half, she's emoting like she's in a bad regional theater production. And who the hell picked the completly inappropriate music? These are the same folks who did the Miss Marple films, and aside from the wonderful Margaret Rutherford, these films failed to capture Christie. Very flat and silly. This one at least holds your interest, but cannot compare at all to Rene Clair's brilliant 1945 version. Good thing those British stalwarts are in this, they raise it to a higher level of entertainment. And of course Hugh O'brien looks great shirtless! That counts for something!