- Actors: Margaret Lockwood, Paul Dupuis, Kathleen Byron, Maxwell Reed, Thora Hird
- Directors: Charles Bennett
- Writers: Charles Bennett, Flora Sandstrom
- Producers: Richard Wainwright
- Language English
- Classification: U
- Studio: Carlton
- VHS Release Date: 26 Jan 2000
- Run Time: 91 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004CQBN
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 6,707 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I hate to be critical of something into which a great many people invested a lot of time, money and effort but it has to be said that this is far from being a classic film.
Neither a superb cast, a substantial budget, exotic settings nor the presence of the sublimely gorgeous and extremely talented Margaret Lockwood in the leading role can save this film from its dire script.
The premise is promising enough - a lovely young Englishwoman (Lockwood) falls in love with an aristocratic Frenchman (played by Paul Dupuis) but is promptly struck blind. Despite this tragedy, the couple marry and move to Monsieur's stately pile in Provence where their happiness is sorely tested by his family's negative attitude toward disability and the murderous machinations of his psychopathic former intended (another scary turn from Kathleen Byron of "Black Narcissus" fame).
The camera work is great and the sets and the set pieces are fantastic (especially the evening ball) but the dialogue is risible in places and the film's ending frankly ludicrous! The actors do their best - Lockwood, in particular, shows her mettle and is very convincing as a blind woman - but it is clearly an uphill struggle. The writer apparently collaborated with Hitchcock on some of his early films but you'd never have guessed it!
I am, to put it mildly, a huge fan of Margaret Lockwood but I have to admit that this is far from being one of her better films. If you like her and you like vintage thrillers, then "The Lady Vanishes", "Night Train to Munich", "Girl in the News" or "Cast a Dark Shadow" (several of which are inexplicably unavailable in PAL format on either DVD or video) are far, far better; this one is for die-hard fans only.
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Margaret Lockwood stars in this, an overly sentimental love story about a young woman who soon after falling in love becomes blind.
At a disadvantage, because of her disability, 'Lydia' (Lockwood) is at the mercy of her 'competitor' for her husband's affections who will stop at nothing to get her way.
Okay, so much of this story is not very credible, but the film is good - perhaps if a little slow at first, but there's a great 'rush' at the climax and is well worth the wait!
Stars the ever-charming Maurice Denham, Maxwell Reed and there's a quick shot of a young Sam Kydd looking strikingly handsome!
At a disadvantage, because of her disability, 'Lydia' (Lockwood) is at the mercy of her 'competitor' for her husband's affections who will stop at nothing to get her way.
Okay, so much of this story is not very credible, but the film is good - perhaps if a little slow at first, but there's a great 'rush' at the climax and is well worth the wait!
Stars the ever-charming Maurice Denham, Maxwell Reed and there's a quick shot of a young Sam Kydd looking strikingly handsome!
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