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Title: Weak film, weaker print
Review: This is a quite corny adventure film, one of the least significant movies Hitchcock ever made. It deserves the two stars by Maltin. Yes, Charles Laughton is good as the major villain, although his makeup could have used some work at times, especially during closeups. Yes, 19-year-old Maureen O'Hara is beautiful, even if her clothes never stay wet after swimming and her makeup never gets smeared. Yes, young Robert Newton is okay, even if his commission bearing his police credentials remain dry and clear after being in the ocean. But on the whole, this is a melodrama one can live without. Young people especially will guffaw at the hammy ending.A worse problem is the print. It's inferior. And at one point there is a jump that eliminates five or ten minutes of the story. There is no excuse for putting this sort of print on DVD.
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