bbb OfalltheFritzLangfilmsIhaveseen,thismaybetheonethatIwasleastenamoredwith.GaryCooperseemsmiscastasanatomicscientist(Prof.AlvahJesper),whoissenttoEuropebytheOSStorescueotherscientistswhoarebeingforcedtocooperatewiththeNaziatombombproject.Duringhismission,hebecomesinvolvedwiththeItalianresistance,fallingforpluckyGina(LilliPalmer).I'vereadthatLangoriginallyshotthisfilmemphasizingthedangersofatomicpower,butWarnerre-editedanditfailstohaveanydirection.ItstillshowsafewLang-esquemoments,butthisisonlyrecommendedforhismostdevoutfollowingasitreallylacksanypunch...orhissignaturepanache.
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