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This 1957 E.J. Fancey production is quite remarkable. Firstly, it is the not a film typical of E.J. Fancey s output and in many people s opinion, it is by far their best production. Although there aren t many location shots, with a good script and a very fine cast, the film works. Its a post wartime story of French resistance and a traitor; Anton Diffring is excellent as a concert pianist rather than his usual nasty Nazi and Chistopher Lee is very good without his cape and fangs! Mr Wolfit gives a typical Wolfit turn but most interesting is perhaps the director Michael McCarthy, who also wrote the screenplay and passed away in 1959 at the tender age of 42 and seemed well set to go on to bigger and better things. Picture and sound are excellent following restoration.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Good picture and sound. Yes, you have to follow this one carefully. It probably is one of EJ Fancey's better productions and was made at the New Elstree studios. As far as I'm concerned anything with Anton Diffring in it is worth having so that is why I got it! There are plenty of well known actors in it and it should please B pic fans.
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First, a word of real praise fo Amazon!. My original copy of "The Traitor" just would't play, whatever I did. On Sunday 10th Jul I filled in on line all the "bits" and printed my return forms. Minutes later an E_Mail arrived confirming my actions. Monday 11th I posted my faulty copy. Tuesday 12th my replacement copy arrived. Now that is good!! However, It really doesn't seem worth it now I've sat through 81' of almost complete boredom. You must not take at face value the blurb quoted here on Amazon and on the reverse of the DVD - "by far the best of their (E.J.Fancy) productions". To say it's a ponderous production is putting it mildly. Practically all of it is set in Wolfit's country mansion, and boy, does everyone talk!! I have a soft spot for Br "B" films of this era, but not this one. The acting,and casting is poor (though fairly typical - American "Star" and familiar support actors, all talking with variable foreign accents). If you don't guess who "The Traitor" is before the end you haven't seen many of this type of film. 3 stars because it's rare, excellent print, and cast list on the cover, and just maybe I will be in a minority in my views. I await other comments with interest.
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