the walled city of Troy are awe-inspiring." Richard L. Coe of The Washington Post reported, "The popcorn set and I had a glorious time at this epic ... I don't suppose the genteel set will go much for this one, but, boy, those crowd scenes, warriors falling to destruction, flames flaming, javelins nipping into a chest here and there." Harrison's Reports declared, "The massiveness and opulence of the settings, the size of the huge cast, and the magnitude of the battle between the Greeks and the Trojans are indeed eye-filling ... Unfortnately, the breathtaking quality of the production values is not matched by the stilted story, which takes considerable dramatic license with the Homer version of the events leading up to the Trojan war, and which are at best only moderately interesting." The Monthly Film Bulletin found the film "uninterestingly dialogued and characterised ... The battle scenes, however, are vigorously and sometimes excitingly staged." John McCarten of The New Yorker wrote that the film "hasn't enough life to hold your interest consistently. That's too bad, for toward the end there are those battle scenes and a fine impersonation of that wooden horse." Comic book adaptation Dell Four Color #684 (March 1956). Full-color photo-cover • 34 pages, 33 in full-color • Drawn by John Buscema • Copyright 1956 by Warner Bros., Inc. ( Remarkably faithful to the look of the film. However – unlike both the film and the legend – it has a happy ending for Paris and Helen. He survives, and they remain together. ) See also List of American films of 1956 List of historical drama films Greek mythology in popular culture Troy (film) References External links Helen of Troy (1956) at DBCult Film Institute 1956 drama films 1956 films American epic films Films scored by Max Steiner Films based on multiple works Films based on the Iliad Films directed by Robert Wise Films set in ancient Greece French drama films Italian drama films Films with screenplays by N. Richard Nash Trojan War films Warner Bros. films Siege films Films adapted into comics Cultural depictions of Helen of Troy Agamemnon CinemaScope films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films 1950s Italian films 1950s French films