Over the years this movie, along with Shane, The Great Escape and Casablanca, has remained one of my favorites and never disappoints on repeated viewings. Kenneth More represents the quintessential decent Englishman determined to do his duty to king and country, a role in which he always excelled.
All the cast are magnificent, including Lauren Bacall, Wilfred Hyde-White. Herbert Lom, and (stealing every scene he was in) the Indian actor I.S. Johar as Gupta.
J Lee Thompson keeps the scenes moving at a galloping pace and provides a textbook example of how to keep viewers on the edges of their seats and get them involved in the lives and characters at the centerof the drama.
I cannot understand why this movie is not among the top 250 IMDb movies of all time. It has few equals, and is far superior (in terms of story line, acting and directing) than "The Shawshank Redemption" (which, while absorbing and well acted, has a ridiculous storyline)
All the cast are magnificent, including Lauren Bacall, Wilfred Hyde-White. Herbert Lom, and (stealing every scene he was in) the Indian actor I.S. Johar as Gupta.
J Lee Thompson keeps the scenes moving at a galloping pace and provides a textbook example of how to keep viewers on the edges of their seats and get them involved in the lives and characters at the centerof the drama.
I cannot understand why this movie is not among the top 250 IMDb movies of all time. It has few equals, and is far superior (in terms of story line, acting and directing) than "The Shawshank Redemption" (which, while absorbing and well acted, has a ridiculous storyline)