Plot- when their bus can go no farther in the heavy snow, five dissimilar people are trapped in a deserted nowhere and must seek refuge in a strange isolated church. So, how will their personalities play out in one room confinement. And what about that extra guy hiding out in the church's back.
I wish we knew where the snowy scenes were filmed. They're convincing as heck, distant figures slogging across a huge snowy expanse, with arctic-like mountains in the far horizon. To me, these riveting visuals amount to the movie's high-point, with no evidence of special effects. Then there's the lonely church plunked down like a tiny island in the midst of that icy ocean, making me wonder where the worshippers could come from. Trouble is once the five refugees from the snow-bound bus enter the lonely refuge, the promising story collapses into endless talk with little real character development, except for Boyd and Lombard's budding romance. Apparently the writers had little idea how to generate drama from one-room confinement with six people. At the same time, there's those awful piano and singing moments that almost had me reaching for the off- button.
Seems like there should be some backstory to all this. But I guess 1929 was just too far for IMDB to reach back for detail. Then too shouldn't forget the church background of moral renewal that subtly underlies the climax. All in all, the vintage flick amounts to a visual oddity that unfortunately fails to develop its dramatic elements. Nonetheless, it's a good thing Lombard went on to a big-time career before an untimely passing, while Boyd got lifetime employment as the one-and -only Hopalong Cassidy.
I wish we knew where the snowy scenes were filmed. They're convincing as heck, distant figures slogging across a huge snowy expanse, with arctic-like mountains in the far horizon. To me, these riveting visuals amount to the movie's high-point, with no evidence of special effects. Then there's the lonely church plunked down like a tiny island in the midst of that icy ocean, making me wonder where the worshippers could come from. Trouble is once the five refugees from the snow-bound bus enter the lonely refuge, the promising story collapses into endless talk with little real character development, except for Boyd and Lombard's budding romance. Apparently the writers had little idea how to generate drama from one-room confinement with six people. At the same time, there's those awful piano and singing moments that almost had me reaching for the off- button.
Seems like there should be some backstory to all this. But I guess 1929 was just too far for IMDB to reach back for detail. Then too shouldn't forget the church background of moral renewal that subtly underlies the climax. All in all, the vintage flick amounts to a visual oddity that unfortunately fails to develop its dramatic elements. Nonetheless, it's a good thing Lombard went on to a big-time career before an untimely passing, while Boyd got lifetime employment as the one-and -only Hopalong Cassidy.