Arthur "Youngblood" Hawke is a coal truck driver living with his mother in Kentucky. His uncle Scotty had swindled his father's share of the mining company. He dreams of becoming a writer when he gets a call from New York. Jeanne Green (Suzanne Pleshette) is assigned his editor and is taken with the handsome writer. As he gains more success, he drifts away from Jeanne and towards his other leading ladies.
It may be a small thing but James Franciscus' swoopy blonde locks don't fit a coal truck driver. I wonder if people wore baseball caps back in the day but he needs a hat to protect those fine feathers. Anyways, he's a bit of a stiff acting-wise. There is plenty of old fashion over-acting. This is based on a Herman Wouk novel. From this film, it looks like a lesser work. It's basically a romance potboiler. It does have Suzanne Pleshette whom I only know from her later TV work. There is a place for this type of work and it's not the top shelve. It is also much too long. It seems to be aiming for a cinematic epic but it's really a dime novel.
It may be a small thing but James Franciscus' swoopy blonde locks don't fit a coal truck driver. I wonder if people wore baseball caps back in the day but he needs a hat to protect those fine feathers. Anyways, he's a bit of a stiff acting-wise. There is plenty of old fashion over-acting. This is based on a Herman Wouk novel. From this film, it looks like a lesser work. It's basically a romance potboiler. It does have Suzanne Pleshette whom I only know from her later TV work. There is a place for this type of work and it's not the top shelve. It is also much too long. It seems to be aiming for a cinematic epic but it's really a dime novel.