the cliché of the shell shock soldier home from the war be here give dull treatment . pity a splendid cast and act to the limit of their high talent and can not redeem the return of the soldier from it stiff collar inability to move the viewer to emotional involvement . best moment and a another reviewer note and come when glenda jackson be on screen while but even jackson crackle good cinematic power can not pull this film chestnuts from it cold and never warm hearth . ann margret and she of sex kitten repute and too often accuse of lack act ability and find her actual and rather profound ability waste here despite her speaking with a nigh flawless middlesex accent . the hackneyed score and redolent of many lackluster tv miniseries slather on saccharine emotionalism and be at irritate odds with the emotional remoteness of the script and blocking and and overbaked formalism of the direction while except for it score and corset script and direction and the return of the soldier have all the right bit but it fail to make them work together .