The Pride and the Passion

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During Napoleon's invasion of Spain, the fate of the Spanish partisans rests with an elaborate, magnificent, and extremely heavy cannon--which the French have lost. Despite the high-wattage star power on display, this gun is the true star of The Pride and the Passion, a massive Stanley Kramer production that employs vast swatches of the Spanish countryside (and a few thousand Spaniards). And the stars? Well, they're among the biggest of their day--the only problem is, they're miscast. Frank Sinatra plays the scruffy, illiterate partisan leader, Cary Grant the uptight British captain who covets the gun for his country, Sophia Loren the peasant woman shared by both men. It says something about these effortless stars that they all look extremely uncomfortable in this movie. Grant is robbed of his humor and thus awkward (although his marvelous athleticism is much on display), and Loren is badly made-up and stuck in nobility. Sinatra fares the worst, however, including a disastrous Spanish accent, complete with rolled "r"s. Physically, the movie's pretty impressive, with some eye-filling scenes of extras pushing the heavy cannon up hill and over dale; Franz Planer's cinematography is picturesque, except in some obvious studio inserts. One big draw: the mighty, Iberian-flavored music by George Antheil, one of the composer's best scores. But you'd better like the music and the cannon, because the rest of the film hovers between the tranquilizing and the cheesy. Amazingly, it was one of the top ten box-office films of its year. --Robert Horton

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During Napoleon's invasion of Spain, the fate of the Spanish partisans rests with an elaborate, magnificent, and extremely heavy cannon--which the French have lost. Despite the high-wattage star power on display, this gun is the true star of The Pride and the Passion, a massive Stanley Kramer production that employs vast swatches of the Spanish countryside (and a few thousand Spaniards). And the stars? Well, they're among the biggest of their day--the only problem is, they're miscast. Frank Sinatra plays the scruffy, illiterate partisan leader, Cary Grant the uptight British captain who covets the gun for his country, Sophia Loren the peasant woman shared by both men. It says something about these effortless stars that they all look extremely uncomfortable in this movie. Grant is robbed of his humor and thus awkward (although his marvelous athleticism is much on display), and Loren is badly made-up and stuck in nobility. Sinatra fares the worst, however, including a disastrous Spanish accent, complete with rolled "r"s. Physically, the movie's pretty impressive, with some eye-filling scenes of extras pushing the heavy cannon up hill and over dale; Franz Planer's cinematography is picturesque, except in some obvious studio inserts. One big draw: the mighty, Iberian-flavored music by George Antheil, one of the composer's best scores. But you'd better like the music and the cannon, because the rest of the film hovers between the tranquilizing and the cheesy. Amazingly, it was one of the top ten box-office films of its year. --Robert Horton

Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: The Pride and the Passion 4 stars. "A True Spectacle - and how about the music?!" A much maligned film that still manages to really impress for one major reason -- it is a true SPECTACLE, with ... The Pride and the Passion Moviefone - Movies Movie Times ... Starring Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren ... As was his custom, producer/director Stanley Kramer made some iconoclastic casting decisions when mounting his $5 ... The Pride and the Passion Trailer and Cast - Yahoo! Movies During the Napoleonic Wars a British naval officer is sent to Spain to seize a a giant cannon beofre it lands in the hands of the French, but instead he finds himself ... The Pride and the Passion - Rotten Tomatoes As was his custom, producer/director Stanley Kramer made some iconoclastic casting decisions when mounting his $5 million production The Pride and the Passion. The Pride and the Passion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Pride and the Passion (1957) is a historical film drama starring Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren made by Stanley Kramer Productions. Set in the ... Amazon.com: The Pride and the Passion: Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra ... During Napoleon's invasion of Spain, the fate of the Spanish partisans rests with an elaborate, magnificent, and extremely heavy cannon--which the French have lost ... The Pride and the Passion Reviews & Ratings - IMDb Review: Giant Cannon in Historic Misfire... - Stanley Kramer's second directorial effort,THE PRIDE AND THE PASSION, gave him his first opportunity... The Pride and the Passion (1957) - Overview - TCM.com Overview of The Pride and the Passion, 1957, directed by Stanley Kramer, with Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren, at Turner Classic Movies The Pride and the Passion (1957) - IMDb Director: Stanley Kramer. Actors: Cary Grant: Anthony Frank Sinatra: Miguel Sophia Loren: Juana Theodore Bikel: General Jouvet John Wengraf: Sermaine ... The Pride and the Passion DVD Rental, Rent The Pride and the ... As was his custom, producer/director Stanley Kramer made some iconoclastic casting decisions when mounting his $5 million production The Pride and the Passion ...