Routine film of the jungle with Eleanor Parker, for a change was not over-acting and a dashing Charlton Heston who seems to have lost his mind in this 1954 film.
Marrying Heston by Proxy in Louisiana, Parker seems to get much more than what she bargained for when she meets her new husband- Christopher Leiningen. Heston plays this nut-case as an emotionally unbalanced, bitter man who evidently wanted a house maid rather than a wife. He is nasty and his constant reference to her as "Madame" becomes irritating as the film goes on.
Naturally, it has to take a crisis for Chris to calm down and appreciate this woman of his. Parker proves her mettle by her courageousness as the killer ants approach.
The film is quite obvious. We know they will persevere and find true love in the end.
Wasn't this movie based on the book Leiningen and the Ants?
Marrying Heston by Proxy in Louisiana, Parker seems to get much more than what she bargained for when she meets her new husband- Christopher Leiningen. Heston plays this nut-case as an emotionally unbalanced, bitter man who evidently wanted a house maid rather than a wife. He is nasty and his constant reference to her as "Madame" becomes irritating as the film goes on.
Naturally, it has to take a crisis for Chris to calm down and appreciate this woman of his. Parker proves her mettle by her courageousness as the killer ants approach.
The film is quite obvious. We know they will persevere and find true love in the end.
Wasn't this movie based on the book Leiningen and the Ants?