Let alone the incredibly powerful non existing explosive invented as the film's McGuffin; let alone Mason's bahavior when learning he had been duped (of all things he goes home...). Let's ignore that Steiger is threatening Mason on the flimsy theory that police will not believe him.
Rod Steiger plays a truly despicable fellow, the best actor in the film.
No doubt the worst acting award goes to Inger Stevens. A reviewer accurately pointed out that Stevens is so shrill that she is unwatchable. In more words, another viewer mentioned "the mouth-frothing histrionics of tortured butterfly Inger Stevens...In a performance completely devoid of modulation,". It seems that the clumsy hand of the directors helped Inger Stevens to develop her usual appalling overacting. Stevens beautiful she was; good actress she wasn't. Watch the film again and notice the many places where her reponse to the situation is unrealistic. Sane people do not react her way.
In the end, the fate of the money remains unclear. Instead of running away and hide with the money, Steiger insists on needlessly chasing Inger Stevens (perhaps to punish her for her bad acting) to kill her, when that could not be any good for him.
All in all, a watchable film, with moments of tension, but nothing to call home about..
Rod Steiger plays a truly despicable fellow, the best actor in the film.
No doubt the worst acting award goes to Inger Stevens. A reviewer accurately pointed out that Stevens is so shrill that she is unwatchable. In more words, another viewer mentioned "the mouth-frothing histrionics of tortured butterfly Inger Stevens...In a performance completely devoid of modulation,". It seems that the clumsy hand of the directors helped Inger Stevens to develop her usual appalling overacting. Stevens beautiful she was; good actress she wasn't. Watch the film again and notice the many places where her reponse to the situation is unrealistic. Sane people do not react her way.
In the end, the fate of the money remains unclear. Instead of running away and hide with the money, Steiger insists on needlessly chasing Inger Stevens (perhaps to punish her for her bad acting) to kill her, when that could not be any good for him.
All in all, a watchable film, with moments of tension, but nothing to call home about..