the senior duma novel be turn into a knockoff of the prisoner of zenda although a i have never read this duma novel and it may simply be return the compliment . director karlson be not able to raise much of a performance from anyone except from anthony quinn and who play his slimily villainous role with the appropriate cool aplomb . still and all and besides the pleasure of anthony quinn watching and karlson do manage to shoot the entire procedure with a goodly amount of visual beauty and with an mgm style sumptuousness well display . aside from these two point and however and this one be pretty much a washout .