Conspirator gives us MGM's first on-screen pairing of Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor. (They reunite a short time later in Ivanhoe.) The story is rife with political intrigue and benefits from on-location filming in Europe; a somewhat suspenseful cold war plot; and top-notch studio production values. However, doesn't the ingénue seem a bit too young to play a wife? In the story, she is meant to be 18 (but is actually 16 in real life); and Mr. Taylor's character is said to be 31 (but he is 37). At more than twice her age, he is old enough to be her father; and yet, this fact is barely even mentioned and hardly a story point. One supposes that this is what is known in the film business as dramatic license. It certainly couldn't be a case of miscasting, could it?
Review of Conspirator
