Review of Verboten! (1959) by Brad G — 16 Jan 2011

"Yer no Nazi, I'm no soldier, and there's no war." An enjoyable, but ultimately unsatisfying post-WWII melodrama about a G.I. falling for a rather conniving, survivalist fraulein and the riotous violence that result.

I dig the complicated emotions at play and Tom Pittman's guerrilla warrior manages to be both quite dastardly and forthright with James Best's hero, but the climax is sudden and a bit too tidy.

And the Nuremberg revelations seem out of place. A solid film, but definitely not one of Sam Fuller's best. VF.