Thomas T
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I even found Richard Dreyfuss appealing, and he's one of my least favorite actors.
One of these days, I'll get around to watching my Olive BD that I bought back in 2015.I made a mistake today: I watched World For Ransom, a feeble and badly made film. It takes a very slim narrative, borrows a romantic triangle from Casablanca, then borrows another one from The Third Man, mixes everything up together and produces an uninteresting story! (Robert Aldrich later admitted the film was "thievery in the night!") Things deteriorate further because the director (Robert Aldrich, who later became really good) was at this early stage in his career still learning his craft and had no grip on the shaky material. For example the leading lady, Marian Carr, probable could have done a good job with a helpful director but is instead merely inadequate. Dan Duryea was already at the point in his career when he grossly overplayed with his voice - he should have listened to Robert Mitchum movies because Mitchum was the actor who really knew how to overplay very gently with his voice - and consequently Duryea fails to carry the movie.
I'm an admirer of Robert Aldrich but I won't watch this film again.