Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2018 0:13:21 GMT
A decent movie which presents a difficult dilemma but doesn't make full use of it, and resolves it in typically underwhelming fashion, given the era the film was made in.
I can't quite buy Cary Grant as a brain surgeon. Obviously, he could do serious roles, but he's too suave and just doesn't give the air of a brilliant surgeon.
The actress playing his wife was nondescript and gave a strange performance that was the antithesis of leading ladies at the time.
The movie makes a mistake, in my opinion.
But it probably wouldn't have changed the lukewarm outcome. What I would have liked is
I can't quite buy Cary Grant as a brain surgeon. Obviously, he could do serious roles, but he's too suave and just doesn't give the air of a brilliant surgeon.
The actress playing his wife was nondescript and gave a strange performance that was the antithesis of leading ladies at the time.
The movie makes a mistake, in my opinion.
Grant should have received the note and been fully aware of the stakes in letting the dictator live
But it probably wouldn't have changed the lukewarm outcome. What I would have liked is
Grant performs the op but makes a little perforation or something, which induces a very slow bleedout, causing the dictator to die hours or days after the surgery.
