This tepid remake of Fritz Lang's "Man Hunt" (1941) substitutes Peter O'Toole for Walter Pidgeon and way, way, way down in the cast line-up Maureen Lipman for Joan Bennett. Produced on a sparse budget, this over-talkative, slow-moving account of Geoffrey Household's 1939 novel has all the handicaps we expect of a low budget TV movie. The pace is slow, the acting comes across as solidly dreary, the sets fail to impress, the photography never shines and the direction is both stolid and stagnant. Admittedly, this version is more faithful to the novel's story line and characterizations, but give me Fritz Lang's energetic input any day rather than director Clive Donner's tepid, budget- conscious approach. Available on an excellent Alpha DVD.
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