The main reason for watching SUNDOWN is to see exotic Gene Tierney looking ravishingly beautiful in some eye-catching costumes as an Arab girl who helps the British against the Germans during WWII in East Africa.
It has the feel of a serial cliffhanger without the chapter separations because something violent is happening every twelve minutes in typical cliffhanger fashion before the talky scenes resume a slower pace. Henry Hathaway directs the action scenes with his usual style but even he can't overcome a rambling script that fails to develop any of the characters.
In Tierney's case, it doesn't matter. She has seldom looked more beautiful in B&W than she does in this film and makes the film worth viewing for her presence alone. Good cast includes Bruce Cabot, George Sanders, Carl Esmond, Joseph Calleia, Harry Carey, Reginald Gardiner and Cedric Hardwicke.
Nominated for three Academy Awards in techncal categories, including one for Miklos Rozsa's background score.
It has the feel of a serial cliffhanger without the chapter separations because something violent is happening every twelve minutes in typical cliffhanger fashion before the talky scenes resume a slower pace. Henry Hathaway directs the action scenes with his usual style but even he can't overcome a rambling script that fails to develop any of the characters.
In Tierney's case, it doesn't matter. She has seldom looked more beautiful in B&W than she does in this film and makes the film worth viewing for her presence alone. Good cast includes Bruce Cabot, George Sanders, Carl Esmond, Joseph Calleia, Harry Carey, Reginald Gardiner and Cedric Hardwicke.
Nominated for three Academy Awards in techncal categories, including one for Miklos Rozsa's background score.