savage when it come out and this film now look handsome and sound great . a feast of intelligent thoughtful act and from gielgud and kenneth haigh and harry andrew and especially anton walbrook and and a moving central performance from the beautiful and incredibly young jean seberg . preminger doesn not jump around and show off his long slow take encourage you to listen and reflect and and graham greene script condenses shaw without sacrifice complexity . the piece have the look of a make for tv movie and and be certainly studio bound but none the bad for that . too many contemporary movie on historical theme can not resist dumbing down . what would mel gibson have make of the maid . many drool shot of her on the rack probably and then crisp up on the bbq a the flame take hold . preminger do none of this . the burning be show mainly through a guilt stricken reaction . there be a few weak performance and but not enough to cause any serious damage . i catch this movie on tv and be not expect to watch it through and but i be grip . in our age of religious fundamentalism and sacrifice and joan story have unexpected resonance .