11-30-2021, 10:15 AM
This is the original, which I was prompted to watch to allow comparison with the 2021 remake. I now expect the remake to be a pitiful disappointment.
Tyrone Power plays against type as an ambitious small-time carnival barker with ambitions of playing cocktail lounges with a mind-reading act. Tarot cards enter the picture. And women -- three of them -- all of them with important roles. And booze. Very intelligent, great script, very well done. Black and white.
The sword-fights are not to be missed.
Though I must have napped through them...
Tyrone Power plays against type as an ambitious small-time carnival barker with ambitions of playing cocktail lounges with a mind-reading act. Tarot cards enter the picture. And women -- three of them -- all of them with important roles. And booze. Very intelligent, great script, very well done. Black and white.
The sword-fights are not to be missed.
Though I must have napped through them...