This film begins during World War II with a paratrooper by the name of "Michael 'Mike' Blake" (Glenn Ford) parachuting at night into a French village while artillery shells come down all around him. It's then that he captures a man named "Paul Rona" (George Macready) who has in his possession a leather bag containing a sacred religious relic known as "the Green Glove" which was stolen from a nearby monastery. Unfortunately, because of the artillery barrage, Paul manages to escape leaving the sacred relic in the leather bag behind. Not knowing what else to do with it, Mike eventually stumbles upon a house where the residents agree to hide the leather bag until he can somehow return. Needless to say, after the war Mike does indeed return but what he doesn't realize is that there is much more interest in this relic and some of these people will stoop at nothing to have it in their possession. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was an okay film which could have been better had it had a bit more depth and realism. Likewise, it also could have used a bit more passion between Mike and his girlfriend "Christine Kenneth" (Geraldine Brooks). Even so, it was good enough for the time spent and I have rated it accordingly. Average.
Review of The Green Glove
