This movie is still fairly good...and still worth watching. But consider it (at best) a "double" instead of a home run.
And yes I like Gregory Peck---he is THE "Atticus Finch" etc. etc.
But British actor JAMES MASON - a MASTER at playing the Tormented Man - could have reacted much better to Alido Valli's "Mrs. Paradine"!!! She radiates such mystery. Is she innocent? Guilty? Or??? And Mason would have more "Gravitas" -as he was a Brit (clearly of upper class British origin) playing a British lawyer. He had one of the best speaking voices...Imagine the tense scenes between Mason and the wife---and Mason and the accused!!! And even Mason and the valet!!!Jourdan and Mason - would have been a better set of adversaries! No offense to Gregory Peck---but maybe the ACCOUNTANTS won this casting choice - as Peck was a big box office draw then.
I think that the two Hollywood 1947 "newbies" Valli - and Jourdan - are the two best actors in this film! Outshining even the great supporting cast!!!
And yes I like Gregory Peck---he is THE "Atticus Finch" etc. etc.
But British actor JAMES MASON - a MASTER at playing the Tormented Man - could have reacted much better to Alido Valli's "Mrs. Paradine"!!! She radiates such mystery. Is she innocent? Guilty? Or??? And Mason would have more "Gravitas" -as he was a Brit (clearly of upper class British origin) playing a British lawyer. He had one of the best speaking voices...Imagine the tense scenes between Mason and the wife---and Mason and the accused!!! And even Mason and the valet!!!Jourdan and Mason - would have been a better set of adversaries! No offense to Gregory Peck---but maybe the ACCOUNTANTS won this casting choice - as Peck was a big box office draw then.
I think that the two Hollywood 1947 "newbies" Valli - and Jourdan - are the two best actors in this film! Outshining even the great supporting cast!!!