Daniel McKirdy

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I first saw it in 1954 when I was a young apprentice projectionist in Scotland. Can’t remember being impressed by it then. But I was rather smitten by Ludmilla as only a 17 year old can be. And I do like Jack Palance. He did chew the scenery a bit in this one. If you like sword and sandle this movie may be for you. The director Douglas Sirk always had a bit of a hidden and sometimes not so hidden agenda in most of his movies. He was probably the most intellectual director who ever worked in Hollywood. You might spend your time better checking out his biography, it is very enlightening.