I was willing to suspend disbelief in this farfetched Gable-Turner vehicle, until Victor Mature showed up as a Dutch reistance fighter. Where did he get his signiture deep suntan in cool, cloudy Holand? Talk about miscasting, Mature is about as Dutch (or any kind of European) as the Hollywood sign. He makes no effort whatsoever to being anything but a brash all-American wolf. How come his mom and brother speak with thick accents, but he speaks perfect American ?
On the positive end, Turner and Gable turn in credible acting performances, and there's some attractive Technicolor outdoor location shooting, though probably using doubles in long shots for the stars (I didn't pay enough attention to this silly film to really catch it).
One thing I did catch was though shot in the old non-widescreen (academy) aspect ratio, the shots were composed so that the top and perhaps a bit of the bottom of the frame could be cropped so the film could be shown in theaters able to show widescreen (1:85 to 1) movies. This makes sense since the film was made in 1953 or early 1954. In viewing the film on TCM, in I noticed some of the shots and the sets had an unusual amount of irrelevant ceiling, extra tall cabinets, etc.
On the positive end, Turner and Gable turn in credible acting performances, and there's some attractive Technicolor outdoor location shooting, though probably using doubles in long shots for the stars (I didn't pay enough attention to this silly film to really catch it).
One thing I did catch was though shot in the old non-widescreen (academy) aspect ratio, the shots were composed so that the top and perhaps a bit of the bottom of the frame could be cropped so the film could be shown in theaters able to show widescreen (1:85 to 1) movies. This makes sense since the film was made in 1953 or early 1954. In viewing the film on TCM, in I noticed some of the shots and the sets had an unusual amount of irrelevant ceiling, extra tall cabinets, etc.