The Pride and the Passion

Anyone acquainted with many of my reviews notices my background as a history major. Frequently I lament the fact that in pursuit of movie making that will turn into box office gold the studios (especially American ones) will ignore historical events... Full review

Really, you know; you lot are a hard crowd to please. Yes; the stars are miscast. Yes; they're often unbelievable. And yes; the dialogue is crass and wooden. But c'mon; it's still good for a laugh. There's some wonderful filming of... Full review

I was a bit more than a kid when I saw "The Pride and the Passion" for the first time in theatres back in the late 50's and I remember I thought it was kind of slow and even boring... Full review

Somewhat dated and slightly corny, however, the three principal stars pull off good entertainment. The interplay between Sinatra and Grant is well done and Loren adds a bit of fuel to the fire. I feel that any one watching this... Full review

During the Napoleonic Wars, British naval captain Cary Grant and Spanish freedom fighters Sophia Loren, Frank Sinatra and a real cast of thousands try to keep an enormous cannon from the evil French occupiers. Lots of impressive scenes with hundreds... Full review

The Peninsular War has not been a frequent subject for Hollywood, but this is one of the few exceptions. At its heart is a huge cannon which has been abandoned by the defeated Spanish army but which has fallen into... Full review

Schlepp the cannon is what this film should have been entitled. It's not a totally bad film, the battle and crowd scenes are handled with great skill. Poor Frank Sinatra with a lousy Spanish accent and a wig that makes... Full review

Stanley Kramer's second directorial effort,THE PRIDE AND THE PASSION, gave him his first opportunity to create an epic, involving a cast of thousands against a backdrop of 19th century Spain. A tale of heroism, dogged determination, and sacrifice, the production... Full review

It is 1810... The French legions of Napoleon smash across Spain...Captain Anthony Trumbull (Cary Grant) is ordered to retrieve a giant seven tons cannon, abandoned by the crushed and bleeding Spanish army in their retreat in one of the darkest... Full review

The Pride and the Passion was a cannily-packaged film by a producer who attacked the problem of making a hit movie as if it were a science: get two top stars, the hottest new European actress, a cast of thousands After this, however, Frank got into the producing business himself by maintaining a more controlling position in his movies, and for the most part made reasonably wise casting choices for himself. ... Full Review

You'll pardon me if I'm a little woozy this morning; I made the mistake of staying up late last night to catch my favorite entry in Turner Classic Movie's month-long Sophia Loren film festival. ... Full Article

This splashy, implausible epic was done on a grand scale by producer-director Kramer (one of his rare non-message films), and it reeks of melodrama and unbelievable dialog. ... Full Article