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Information
- Year
- 1960
- Runtime
- 95 min.
- Director
- Nunnally Johnson
- Genres
- Action, Drama, War
- Rating *
- 5.7
- Votes *
- 353
- Checks
- 44
- Favs
- 0
- Dislikes
- 0
- Favs/checks
- 0.0% (0:44)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:1
Top comments
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anthemforadoomed
Tremendous performances by Bogarde and Gardner considering the script doesn't always give them a lot to work with. Joseph Cotten is underused considering his casting and his role reminds you of a character from television more than film: a tertiary character with a huge personality, but he is enjoyable nonetheless. The same can be said of De Sica whose lines are quite humorous. The Angel Wore Red has a lot of humor, a number of beautiful shots and wastes no time skewering organized religion, politics, and war. The film's greatest flaw is that it is frustratingly sympathetic to Franco's fascist rebellion forces (although they are not totally spared from critique either). Some of the reviewers on IMDB are rather shocking how much they seem to sympathize with the forces Hemingway and Orwell fought against. But perhaps that's a conversation for another time. 2 years 9 months ago