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May 05, 2018roystreet rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Two very different movies in one: score '10' for the first half; it has all the interesting characters and incidents The second half is a tedious melodrama and scores a '2,' and there all the positive due to the sequence "Angel Obregón's Funeral." Hollywood makes very few films like this any more: A-list stars, expensive production values, serious themes. . . . Director George Stevens had been profoundly affected by his experience photographing the Nazi death camps. Rock Hudson is good to look at, but seldom conveys the gravity of a man convinced that the old ways are best and that change means decline. Elizabeth Taylor was 23 at the time and the camera captures her extraordinary beauty. James Dean will be a disappointment to many. His style of acting now seems mannered and fussy. The photography is very good, conveying the immense scale of West Texas as well as the intimate personal dramas.