I cannot believe that in the so-called drab days of the 1950's that even in VistaVision and colour anyone would want to see this stilted film. Donald Sinden is believably bored by the whole thing ( he is like a zombie ) and Anthony Steel perks up a bit as he has a better role. The stereotypes are awful with most actors who are Libyan clearly white. Andre Morell who is usually good tries hard to pretend that he is involved, but it is acting destroyed by terrible dialogue. It may have played to children at weekends but I cannot imagine any adult would want to go with them. At the most they would have enjoyed the action scenes, but the awful dialogue would have defeated them.
Brian Desmond Hurst made some passable films, but this is not one of them. Anton Diffring as a very verbal German speaking in German makes his scenes believable as he momentarily brought the film to life. He did not take the role seriously for a moment and was fun to watch. If only the rest was. Avoid even on a rainy afternoon. It crops up on English T,V. fairly often.
Brian Desmond Hurst made some passable films, but this is not one of them. Anton Diffring as a very verbal German speaking in German makes his scenes believable as he momentarily brought the film to life. He did not take the role seriously for a moment and was fun to watch. If only the rest was. Avoid even on a rainy afternoon. It crops up on English T,V. fairly often.