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Dec 26, 2013Monolith rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This love triangle with consequences of scandal, heartache and doom was handled superbly by George Stevens and crew. I was particularly impressed with one metaphoric shot of a dead birch tree immediately following Clift's and Winters' capsize sequence, and Franz Waxman's chaotic score as Monty attempts to evade the cops closing in on him by escaping into the woods... A twenty year old Elizabeth Taylor shows she's no amateur actress here, and complements thirty-somethings Clift and Winters nicely rounding out this classic film. --And on a side-note-- I wonder if Burr's deadpan D.A. role here had any influence in his landing the lead in the upcoming Perry Mason series...