I am a huge Robert Taylor fan and I have been trying to find all of his films. This is one I did not have, but I watched it recently on Fox Movie Channel, and was very disappointed. I know he was a contract player with little control over his scripts, but the acting was as bad as the script. Victor McLaglen was even bad, and Brian DonLevy was almost unrecognizable. Considering the relations off screen between Taylor and Stanwyck, it was surprising how little chemistry there was on screen between the two of them. But the premise of the film was so ridiculous: that the President of the U.S. would order a Navy Lt to leave the service secretly to hunt down bank robbers, and report only to the President, that it made it hard to appreciate anything else about the film. The death row scenes were entirely unmoving. The only thing worse than Taylors acting was Stanwycks singing. She got better later in Ball of Fire-thank heavens.
Eu sou um grande fã de Robert Taylor e tenho tentado encontrar todos os seus filmes. Este é um que eu não tinha, mas assisti recentemente no Fox Movie Channel, e fiquei muito desapontado. Eu sei que ele era um jogador contratado com pouco controle sobre seus roteiros, mas a atuação era tão ruim quanto o roteiro. Victor McLaglen estava mal, e Brian DonLevy estava quase irreconhecível. Considerando as relações fora da tela entre Taylor e Stanwyck, era surpreendente quão pouca química havia na tela entre os dois. Mas a premissa do filme era tão ridícula: que o presidente dos Estados Unidos ordenaria a um tenente da Marinha que deixasse secretamente o serviço para caçar ladrões de banco e relatasse apenas ao presidente que isso dificultava a apreciação de qualquer outra coisa a respeito do filme. filme. As cenas do corredor da morte eram inteiramente imóveis. A única coisa pior que Taylors agindo foi Stanwycks cantando. Ela ficou melhor depois em Ball of Fire, graças a Deus.