Review of Bitter Victory (1957) by Cody D — 04 Aug 2009
This film succeeds with the acting, but fails with the story. Nicholas Ray gets everything he can out of every character, but the story is bland, the action is bad and the love story is tact on and unnecessary.
Burton is fantastic and has a great screen presence. Burton, Jurgens,and the rest of their crew is what makes this film great. Everyone has a memorable character and the desert scenes look great. The story of a coward commander clashing with a noble one is not handled well.
It's a forced story as is the love story which is a rip off of Casablanca. I am on the crossroads here,because loved the acting and was bored by everything else. Watch Sahara with Bogart to see a better desert war film.
This review of Bitter Victory (1957) was written by Cody D on 04 Aug 2009.
Bitter Victory has generally received positive reviews.
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