A surprisingly beautiful, gorgeous-looking film that also builds a lot of tension.
But it's not perfect.
Early clumsy exposition with terrible acting, unnecessarily overwhelming music to denote menace. Some illogical plot points.
The kids are good little actors except in the skiff where the 6 year old girl suddenly starts singing with the voice of a 25 year old. Couldn't they have dubbed it more realistically?
Why are the kids starving when they have 10 grand on them?
And when Robert Mitchum passes them when they're in the stable loft, why do they get in the boat and sail off IN EXACTLY THE SAME DIRECTION AS HE'S GOING?
And when he tells Lilian Gish he'll be back after dark, why doesn't she get some back-up?
On my dvd version the subtitles suddenly stopped after an hour.
Nevertheless, it's a keeper.
But it's not perfect.
Early clumsy exposition with terrible acting, unnecessarily overwhelming music to denote menace. Some illogical plot points.
The kids are good little actors except in the skiff where the 6 year old girl suddenly starts singing with the voice of a 25 year old. Couldn't they have dubbed it more realistically?
Why are the kids starving when they have 10 grand on them?
And when Robert Mitchum passes them when they're in the stable loft, why do they get in the boat and sail off IN EXACTLY THE SAME DIRECTION AS HE'S GOING?
And when he tells Lilian Gish he'll be back after dark, why doesn't she get some back-up?
On my dvd version the subtitles suddenly stopped after an hour.
Nevertheless, it's a keeper.