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List Price: $19.98 Our Price: $17.99 You Save: $1.99 Features • Closed-captioned • Color • DVD-Video • Subtitled • NTSC In Theaters : 1950 DVD Release : 23 October, 2007 |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | LANCASTERS' FIRST SWASHBUCKLER |
| Burt Lancaster exploded upon the screen in the 1946 film noir THE KILLERS. For the remainder of the decade film noir was Lancasters' stock in trade with such classics as BRUTE FORCE and SORRY,WRONG NUMBER. In 1950 however, Burt made a sharp left turn when he combined his extraordinary acrobatic ability with this tongue-in-cheek swashbuckler which (literally) vaulted him to new heights. (Warner Bros. offered a million dollar "reward" to anybody who could prove that Lancaster did not do his own stunts.) In this film Burt swashes with the best of them as he plays an Italian peasant who reluctantly leads his people in rebellion against the occupying forces of the Hessions. Lancaster with his overwhelming charm and that trademark grin puts himself in Errol Flynns' class with this one. However, as good as this film is, it is NOT a great one. (Lancaster's 1952 film THE CRIMSON PIRATE is a great one and for my money the best swashbuckler ever made.) That said, THE FLAME AND THE ARROW is a pleasant enough diversion for those of us who enjoy an old fashioned tongue-in-cheek adventure film every now and then. For that reason and Burt Lancasters presence I recommend this film. | |
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