Wow – where to begin? No point in starting with the story because there isn't one. We follow the very un-enigmatic John Mills (Peter) in yet another role in which he demonstrates zero star power or stage magnetism. He's in the Royal Air Force during the 2nd World War and we spend some time in his extremely boring company.
The whole cast is full of bumbling English twits who have turned up in the RAF at the same time and speak in that ridiculous clipped English, so we get dialogue like "that was a cracking story" being delivered as "that was a crecking story". Ludicrous. The relationships with the women are extremely cold, a sign of the acting style of the time, but still not good. And what's with Douglass Montgomery (Johnny)? He looks exactly like Michael Redgrave (David) and had me fooled that Redgrave was playing two roles in the same film. There is also, of course, a blasted kid in the film. This one can't speak properly and needs to be removed from the set on every appearance. It's a disgrace.
What makes people think this rubbish is good? I'd like to know what their problem is. Basically, don't watch this crap – I ended up gazing out of the window during many sections. It's total codswallop and serves no point. Yawn.
The whole cast is full of bumbling English twits who have turned up in the RAF at the same time and speak in that ridiculous clipped English, so we get dialogue like "that was a cracking story" being delivered as "that was a crecking story". Ludicrous. The relationships with the women are extremely cold, a sign of the acting style of the time, but still not good. And what's with Douglass Montgomery (Johnny)? He looks exactly like Michael Redgrave (David) and had me fooled that Redgrave was playing two roles in the same film. There is also, of course, a blasted kid in the film. This one can't speak properly and needs to be removed from the set on every appearance. It's a disgrace.
What makes people think this rubbish is good? I'd like to know what their problem is. Basically, don't watch this crap – I ended up gazing out of the window during many sections. It's total codswallop and serves no point. Yawn.