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This is a very good film. Tuesday Weld and Gregory Peck give great performances. Never has Peck's 'stiff' style of acting been better suited for a role. He is wound so tight in this part it seems like he will explode any minute. His eyes and silent desperate yearning when he is looking at the truly beautiful Weld tell's the desperate needs of the man he portrays. Any man above forty will feel his pain and desire...and many his ultimate heartbreak. The original sound track by Johnny Cash is pitch perfect. The last scene of the film is truly remarkable and heartbreaking although it can be seen coming from the opening credits. This maybe Peck's most under-rated performance and Tuesday weld's best.

This is without a doubt the best McQueen performance bar none. He commands the screen from start to finish, which is not easy considering the Richard Crenna performance in counter-balance(Crenna is outstanding and this film makes him a MOVIE star). Every Mcqueen scene to include the stunning and unrelenting final shot is pitch perfect. McQueen's final words come from the gut with a sad resolve and angry acceptance - stunning, truly stunning. This is McQueen's masterpiece and is the best performance by an actor in 1966 and arguably in any year. Paul Scofield (sic) won the Oscar for a great performance that year, but his Oscar should be on the shelf of the late great Mcqueen. In this movie McQueen does more with a tilt of the head and a sigh than Scofield (sic) with ten pages of great dialog. It is seamless acting to the tenth degree. The film itself is beautiful and real, I can watch it over and over again and do. Do yourself a favor and see it, buy it, own it, enjoy it. Bravo Mr. McQueen ACTOR!!!!