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Title: The emperor's new clothes!
Review: I was utterly disapointed with this movie. It was so blindly touted by so many reviews...this could be one of the most over-rated movies ever. The acting is inconsistent and amatuerish and was embarrassing to watch. Robert Mitchum, an otherwise excellent actor goes over the top here and often parodies himself. Lilian Gish should have not come out of retirement. Shelly Winters is her usual watery mess. The children are so wooden, you can make a coffee table out of them. The editing, the continuity, the music...everything is a jumbled mess. Charles Laughton, an irritating and over-rated actor, just took a very good story with so much potential, and dragged it on the mud.If only Hitchcock made this movie, it could be up there with Vertigo!
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