Amnesia is a film topic that sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. Here it works fairly well as we see the story of a Brit who -- after WWII -- has forgotten patches of his life, particularly the part of his life when he and several others escaped from a POW camp. Is he who he says he is, or is a look-alike who killed the real person? A lot of the film takes place in a British courtroom, and while it is not as enthralling a courtroom drama as say "Witness For The Proscecution", it still does nicely, although there times that the film drags just a bit.
Dirk Bogarde was an actor whom I pretty much ignored over the years, although lately I've taken a new look at him. He really was quite good...and is here in a dual role. On balance, it's his film. But Olivia De Havilland has a good role as the wife, though more of her really good scenes come fairly late in the film. She certainly was attractive here. I can't quite make up my mind about Paul Massie as the soldier who questions who is the real character. Robert Morley is good as one of the attorneys, although Wilfrid Hyde White, as the other attorney, is a bit more entertaining.
A great film? No. But pretty decent. It won't end up on my DVD shelf, but I'm glad to have seen it.
Dirk Bogarde was an actor whom I pretty much ignored over the years, although lately I've taken a new look at him. He really was quite good...and is here in a dual role. On balance, it's his film. But Olivia De Havilland has a good role as the wife, though more of her really good scenes come fairly late in the film. She certainly was attractive here. I can't quite make up my mind about Paul Massie as the soldier who questions who is the real character. Robert Morley is good as one of the attorneys, although Wilfrid Hyde White, as the other attorney, is a bit more entertaining.
A great film? No. But pretty decent. It won't end up on my DVD shelf, but I'm glad to have seen it.