Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Donald Seymour This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Uriah43 This movie starts out with a beautiful, young American woman named "Melinda Greyton" (Elizabeth Taylor) attending a formal ball in London and being introduced to a British soldier named "Major Michael Curragh" (Robert Taylor). As it so happens she immediately falls in love with him at first sight. And even though he is at least ten years older, he has the same feelings for her and they get married not long afterward. At first their marriage is like a fairy tale romance but then she notices that he suddenly begins to leave unexpectedly in the afternoon for one reason or another and she begins to suspect that he is hiding something from her. Little does she know just how right she is. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this film started off rather slow and only began getting interesting around the halfway mark. At least, that is how it appeared it me. Additionally, while the drama and acting were quite good, I thought the lack of suspense was clearly evident and gave the overall film a rather tepid quality. In short, although it wasn't a bad spy movie by any means, it clearly had some faults and because of that I have rated it accordingly. Average.

RanchoTuVu While on vacation in England a young American woman (Elizabeth Taylor) meets and later marries a British military officer (Robert Taylor) who turns out to be a Soviet spy. He is too deeply in with the Soviets whose agents liked him better when he was single and instruct him to get rid of her. There is not much of a sense of peril generated, but the film develops a fair degree of tension when Elizabeth Taylor's character discovers the truth about her husband, as the Soviets warned him she would. The crux of the film seems to deal more with his emotional needs that conflict with his Marxist political ideals, though those ideals and the whole existence of being a spy and traitor to one cause while being coldly manipulated by agents of the other could have been done more convincingly (see The Spy Who Came In From The Cold) or one of Carol Reed's tortured espionage tinged films. Nonetheless, it's a pretty decent part for Robert Taylor while somewhat shortchanging Elizabeth's.

samhill5215 Here's an example of the paranoia that had gripped the Western world after WWII. There's ample propaganda and we're really not allowed to see the real motivations behind Robert Taylor's devotion to the cause of Communism and his willingness to be a spy. But what we do see I found riveting. If this film has any real problem it's that it's predictable. The flip side is that I didn't care. It kept me interested and for that I credit the actors.It's interesting to note that handsome Robert Taylor, a staunch conservative, acquitted himself better than is his usual. His portrayal was far from one-dimensional and his anguish regarding his ideology and instinct for self-preservation versus his love for his wife was very credible. Elizabeth Taylor was lovely as always. The camera loves her and her full-head shots are indeed memorable. Her motivations were not entirely clear though. For example it wasn't clear, considering her apolitical mindset, why she thought her husband was so despicable for being a spy. But then again the paranoia of the times would have made such introspection unnecessary.The supporting cast was also very good with a special mention for Honor Blackman who always lends a touch of class to anything she's in. The camera work was appropriately sombre or gay when needed. So even though I wouldn't consider it great the performances make it worth seeing and more than once.

Neil Doyle ELIZABETH TAYLOR certainly grew up in a hurry. Her studio quickly took advantage of her blossoming beauty and at the ripe old age of 17 she was shipped off to London to star opposite the studio's big heartthrob ROBERT TAYLOR in a story about espionage (during the height of the cold-war in America).The result was not exactly a smash, but at least their fans got to see them together playing husband and wife. Neither gives a really bad performance but there's just something not quite valid about the plot that has Liz discovering her hubby is a spy for the Soviets--and soon catches on to the fact that he has been assigned to dispose of her.It's practically a two-character film, with HONOR BLACKMAN in a supporting role as Liz's friend. Taylor is about as menacing as he was in UNDERCURRENT (which isn't saying much) but still looks great, and Liz certainly looks and acts more adult than she actually was at the time. For looks alone, they make a dream team.It holds the interest because of the espionage angle, but isn't a distinguished piece of work in any way whatsoever and has been largely forgotten today.