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Director Fred Zinnemann was riding a crest in the '50s with movies like High Noon, From Here to Eternity, Oklahoma, and his success continues in this western-style drama set in Australia in the 1920s. Ida Carmody (Deborah Kerr) is married to Paddy (Robert Mitchum), a sheep drover whose nomadic existence makes him blissfully content. Neither Ida nor their son Sean share his love for roaming, in fact, Ida convinces her husband to take on a job as a sheep-shearer so they can finally have enough to
Dec 8, 1960 Wide
Jan 23, 2007
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What is nice about these people and valid about this film, is that they have an abundance of freshness, openness and vitality.
A touching Fred Zinnemann movie.
Top Critican enough enjoyable diversion
...the film's lack of plot never becomes as pronounced as one might've feared...
This sprawling, often boring saga of Aussie nomads in the 1920s is directed by Zinnemann with his customary tamed discipline and human realism, elevated by the solid ensemble.
Zinnemann's customary care for detail pays occasional dividends, but the film goes on rather too long.
Its tone is perfectly conveyed by its hokey tagline - 'He was a target for every man's bullet, and every woman's kiss.'
A splendid, sprawling saga of Australia.
Overblown, but resolutely attractive star vehicle.
Beautiful scenery and good performances but entirely to long.
April 29, 2008
Super Reviewer
Impressive story on a grand scale. Poignant, always interesting and the entire cast is outstanding. Glynis Johns and Deborah Kerr in particular stand out. Kerr and Mitchum have an excellent rapport on film. Fine cinematography and it has a very effectively slow pace.
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