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...least as the film presents it, lacks the dramatic struggles and soul-searchings which Luther experienced. The good Saint begins as a priest called to help the poor, and ends with the same firm dedication. The events of his life, significant because they deepen his insight into the grislier side of poverty, seem obscurely connected. For a biographical film, this is probably the more realistic approach, since few men lead lives which come to a climax in the third act and close with a suitable denouement. But because of this treatment, Monsieur Vincent builds up dramatic episodes which seem...
...grislier practitioners of the 17th Century were Thomas Wilmot and William Cady. Once when a lady's ring refused to come off her finger, Highwayman Wilmot cut off the one to get the other; when one lady swallowed her wedding ring to keep it from his clutches, Highwayman Cady slit her belly open and took the ring anyway. Nevertheless, such ferocities were few, especially for an age that hanged a man as promptly for simple theft as for murder...
...extended to 55 minutes, moved to a good early evening spot (Sat., 8 p.m.) and placed in the capable hands of Robert Montgomery, a past cinemaster at leering and bloodletting. Montgomery handles the show's gory details as narrator. As occasional actor, he may recreate some of his grislier movie roles (Night Must Fall, Rage in Heaven). He thinks it should develop into "a damn good dramatic show. The full hour opens up a vista of new material that is fantastic, just fantastic...
There are few greater roles-or grislier ones. In Medea, the wife whom Jason has ignominiously deserted in order to make a more advantageous marriage, are mingled all a woman's hate, an Asiatic princess' stung pride, a sorceress' cunning, a barbarian's violence...
...grislier fate awaited three Hungarians. Charged with plotting a rightist coup against the coalition government, they were sentenced to a hanging a la Hongroise. In this procedure, the condemned man stands on a stool before a high post topped by a hook. A thin rope is put about the victim's neck and pulled taut about the hook. Then the stool is kicked from under the victim. His neck is not broken by the drop. As a measure of mercy, the executioner sharply twists the victim's head while a couple of assistants pull his legs down...