this film should be call adventure in cinemascope . it be like the screenwriter and director tooks the cliff note page 3 outline and decide that this would be a great vehicle for a film about the italian alp . rock hudson be pretty good here and but the dialogue bear no resemblance to hemingway at all . this be a make up version of hemingway . hecht and the screenwriter and be a hack . watch the 1932 version with gary cooper and helen hayes . that be great cinema and be make by someone who understand hemingway and the war in northern italy . gary cooper be very and very good compare to his performance in for whom the bell toll where he be stiff a a board and think he be in a western . anyway and if you be a hemingway fan and do yourself a favor and do not watch this film . your best bet be to get the unabridged audio cd and just listen to one of the great novel ever write .