While the acting & the pacing on this film is well done, the film has a couple of things that hold it from being great. One of them is that Jimmy Stewart is playing almost an identical role to one he has played many times in his career. He is again the common everyman who is the accidental hero. By the time this movie is made, Stewart has done this so many times that it has become pretty much routine. I give the make up department credit though, Stewarts hair is really dyed well to try & make him look a little younger than he is by this point.
Henry Fonda plays the head bad guy here. While it is a departure from what he usually plays, there are times where he is a little too wooden & there are times where he is too vulnerable. That is the scripts fault, not Fondas.
The ending here, is one that has been done many times & is much too predictable. Still, the film has good character development, is well filmed, & has a very good cast so I found it good enough to get above it's faults. Still, I think the script could have been better & less predictable that it is.
Henry Fonda plays the head bad guy here. While it is a departure from what he usually plays, there are times where he is a little too wooden & there are times where he is too vulnerable. That is the scripts fault, not Fondas.
The ending here, is one that has been done many times & is much too predictable. Still, the film has good character development, is well filmed, & has a very good cast so I found it good enough to get above it's faults. Still, I think the script could have been better & less predictable that it is.