Sorry fans but I feel qualified and compelled as a lover of classic westerns and a fan of Gary Cooper, to shed a modicum of reasonableness on my fellow contributor's reflections of this movie. Maybe they write through the filter of nostalgic memories or the veneer of Hollywood heavyweight reputations such as Cooper's and Kelly's. Whatever the motive, I feel this movie fails for a number of reasons.
1. Beautiful though she is, Kelly is a ham.
2. As great as he was in Sgt York, Cooper was too old and seemed weak.
3. Their scripts are corny and lack character 4. We're thrown in the deep end and expected to accept the characters in the first few scenes.
5. The ensemble of supporting players looked like a good episode of bonanza.
Perhaps that's what it should have been.
1. Beautiful though she is, Kelly is a ham.
2. As great as he was in Sgt York, Cooper was too old and seemed weak.
3. Their scripts are corny and lack character 4. We're thrown in the deep end and expected to accept the characters in the first few scenes.
5. The ensemble of supporting players looked like a good episode of bonanza.
Perhaps that's what it should have been.