Word: genne
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...finally overcome in battle when the paratroopers, successfully dodging the Nazis in the desert, blunder into a minefield. Newcomer Susan Stephen makes an appealing foil for Ladd: she is peppery enough in the early reels, and sufficiently soft in time for the clinch. The Technicolor is generally excellent. Leo Genn, as a spit & polish British major, has an amusing scene; encountering the informal crew of a U.S. bomber, he snaps to attention, explains: "I just thought someone ought to salute somebody around here...
...World War II romance that deals with a battle between 1,500 marines and three British girls on a South Pacific island. When the leathernecks land on the island in a peaceful invasion, the only real foe they encounter is the girls' prim and proper father (Leo Genn), a plantation owner who is determined to protect his unkissed daughters from the advances of the enemy. But nature takes its course, and the three fun-loving girls (Joan Elan, Audrey Dalton, Dorothy Bromiley) find romance with three personable marines (Gene Barry, Don Taylor, Peter Baldwin). Written by F. Hugh (Kiss...
...were lusty men & women who wore colorful costumes and drank heartily of beer and whisky. Hardhearted Captain Christopher Jones (Spencer Tracy) despised the Pilgrims as hypocrites and fools until he was mellowed by beautiful Dorothy Bradford (Gene Tierney), wife of the colony's second governor, William Bradford (Leo Genn). It was Mrs. Bradford's unrequited love for the skipper, according to Screenwriter Deutsch, that caused her to throw herself overboard...
...most of the dialogue is more literate than the Hollywood average; some of it, evidently contributed by Co-Scripter S. N. Behrman, helps Actor Leo Genn to shine as Petronius, the Roman satirist, whose dry wit enables him to needle Nero even while flattering him. As Nero, Britain's Actor-Playwright-Director Peter Ustinov is allowed to hog too much screen time, but he does some expert hamming to create the deliciously malign figure of a spoiled, sensual madman. Finlay (Great Expectations) Currie plays St. Peter with eloquent dignity, though his long speeches are marred by the camera...
Typical of the English, author Williams did his best to make the hair-raising escape sound undramatic, and film director Jack Lee has kept the movie equally dry. Leo Genn, Eric Steele, and David Tomilson in the feature roles dig a forty foot long tunnel, escape from the camp, and make their way to Sweden with the air of cricketeers playing a weekly match. The fact that neither author, director, nor actors could make the story unexciting is a tribute to the two British officers themselves...