While certainly not a classic, the film is leagues above Hollywood's typical 'babes-and-bacchanals' biblical epics of the period.
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06/20/07
Sign of the Pagan (1954)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:3
Rotten:3
Average Rating:5.7/10
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Jack Palance, Ludmilla Tcherina, Rita Gam, Jeff Morrow
Director: Douglas Sirk
Reviews for Sign of the Pagan
1 - 6 (sorted by date)
Top CriticDouglas Sirk's direction of the excellent script catches the sweep of the period portrayed without letting the characters get lost in spectacle.
06/20/07
Top CriticSirk's fluid direction lift this refreshingly short epic above what most other directors would have done with the material.
03/24/07
Top CriticCustomers planning to sneak out during these frothing soliloquies must cope with a musical sound track deafening enough to nail anybody down.
03/24/07
Top CriticAn immensely interesting though finally unsuccessful film.
03/24/07
Too uneven, dramatically clumsy, chatty and overblown to satisfy.
03/22/07
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