I never liked it when Hollywood tried to adapt huge novels in little films. It does not work here. And the casting is atrocious. Greer Garsom already seems matronly, and does not work as Irini. Errol Flynn as Soames is all wrong. He is too charming a character to pull off the necessary awfulness of Soames. None of the main characters worked for me and the plot was shoved into a two hour film, leaving out too much. The worst casting of all was Robert Young as Bossiny. Impossible to imagine anyone throwing away their life and world for him, no matter how dreadful their husband may be.
Of course this was made during the dreadful,days of the infamous code, so it captured almost none of the true relationships between various characters as outlined in the book.
The two later adaptations, made correctly as miniseries, are so much better, this film fails entirely in comparison.
Of course this was made during the dreadful,days of the infamous code, so it captured almost none of the true relationships between various characters as outlined in the book.
The two later adaptations, made correctly as miniseries, are so much better, this film fails entirely in comparison.