The only good thing about this movie is that it made me want to read the book. As a general rule, I like 50s movie the least of any time. They're so heavily censored and trying hard for that good ol' American dream kind of perfection. It's too bad that this movie couldn't have hewn closer to the truth. The truth was certainly interesting enough.
Dorothy Malone certainly tried hard but she's just awful. She was 34 when she made this, and there was nothing at all convincing about her as a sixteen year old. She fares better at the end but she just wasn't up to the material. She was a tv actress trying to carry a movie.
Errol Flynn saves the movie.
Dorothy Malone certainly tried hard but she's just awful. She was 34 when she made this, and there was nothing at all convincing about her as a sixteen year old. She fares better at the end but she just wasn't up to the material. She was a tv actress trying to carry a movie.
Errol Flynn saves the movie.