it could have be good have it be direct by someone with more experience . shumlin do not do a bad job but it be not a great work of cinematic art . it be and however and a beautiful movie . i have love it since local channel use to show it . graham greene be one of my favorite writer of the last century . some pretty bad movie be make from his novel and story . ( many love the fallen idol but i be not among them . i think i saw brighton rock once many year ago and like it but maybe i be simply think fondly of the novel . ) this be superbly cast . charles boyer do not and it true and come across a spanish . but he seem to have the perfect temperament for this character tire and wary and care . lauren bacall be appeal a the british girl who fall for him . but the supporting player be the best represent katina paxinou be excellent . her performance be a little grand guignol and but i attribute that to the director . peter lorre and whom we first meet a he give boyer a lesson in an esperanto like universal language and be excellent a always . and wanda hendrix could break the hard heart . she come across a a precocious early teenager . the character want to be helpful . she do her best . i recommend this movie highly . not without reservation . the reservation be and primarily and that it be a little stolid . but the story and act can scarcely be better .