The two major issues in this movie are the stretching of the capabilities of Mr. Boone as an actor and the ridiculously saccarin ending to the film. The supporting cast is excellent. The story is interesting. Boone is fine in the romance department but once we get on the mountain, the skill required to handle the drama for Boone is not very convincing at all. As you watch, you are thinking...it's 1962...will Boone actually spend the night with Kwan without being married. That was a nice surprise as Hollywood was working towards the rating system. By the end, they are all back at the circus...all is forgiven, the jealous brute doesn't seem to mind that the man he hated now has the woman he loved....etc. Of course they added the line at the end stating that Boone and Kwan will be getting married..a concession to the censors evidently. Supposedly the Boone role was offered to Elvis but so many other male actors come to mind. Who would you cast? I was drawn to this movie as a fan of Kwan. By the way, some other commenter said that Kwan did all of her own stunts. Not correct. She did do a lot of the horse bits,and a couple of tumusaults when she was teaching Boone to do that very simple thing... but the camera was high above when there was some gymastics and you can see the double's hair color and thickness were clearly not Kwan's.
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