Title: Intriguing Cast
Product review: The three leads in this movie struck me as a most unlikely combination. And I'm definitely not a Brando fan. That the director had the confidence to cast Dean Martin as one of the leads is impressive in itself. At this point, Dean Martin had only made one other movie since splitting up with Jerry Lewis - a dud comedy called "10,000 Bedrooms". But the casting works. Martin is very good in his part as one of two American GIs in Europe during WWII, along with Montgomery Clift. Brando surprised me. He is very good in this film - good enough that most of the time I was able to forget that it was Brando. The movie is a little slow in places, but for the most part this goes unnoticed, due to the acting, script and direction. Highly recommended.
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