Ray Milland builds up a stake and heads off to Britain. His younger brother had been shot dead on a commando raid, and he wants to find out what happened. There are only four survivors from the operations, and either they didn't see it, or they're giving him the runaround, from Wales, to Scotland, to London and back again.
It's a beautifully shot movie, with Oswald Morris running the cameras for handsome landscape photography, and views of Patricia Roc. There's also a first class supporting cast, including Marius Goring, Hugh Sinclair, Naunton Wayne and a final screen appearance by Edward Rigby. Unfortunately, director Jacques Tourneur doesn't seem terribly interested in the subject, and Milland has two modes: comic, which he displays for Miss Roc, and grouchy, which he displays for all the men. Milland also explores a Dem-deze-doze accent in his opening scenes to establish his American provenance, which he drops as soon as he hits Blighty.
The impression I get from this movie was that the British are snobby and uninterested in displaying proper gratitude for an American, part of the nation that saved their chestnuts. An odd attitude for the star, a former member of the Household Guard to take!
It's a beautifully shot movie, with Oswald Morris running the cameras for handsome landscape photography, and views of Patricia Roc. There's also a first class supporting cast, including Marius Goring, Hugh Sinclair, Naunton Wayne and a final screen appearance by Edward Rigby. Unfortunately, director Jacques Tourneur doesn't seem terribly interested in the subject, and Milland has two modes: comic, which he displays for Miss Roc, and grouchy, which he displays for all the men. Milland also explores a Dem-deze-doze accent in his opening scenes to establish his American provenance, which he drops as soon as he hits Blighty.
The impression I get from this movie was that the British are snobby and uninterested in displaying proper gratitude for an American, part of the nation that saved their chestnuts. An odd attitude for the star, a former member of the Household Guard to take!