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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 6, 2012
Pros: Peck, Sharif, Quinn; Jarre score; glistening, dark streets
Cons: too long, at least without more backstory/context
Summary: Like Joseph L. Manckewicz, Fred Zinnemann was a director of films of more-than-ordinary intelligence with fine performances who has been neglected by auteur theorists. Though neither had a consistent visual style, each met the auteur criterion of having ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 17, 2005
Pros: Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif, Story, Score
Cons: Overlong, film transfer is too dark
Summary: Behold a Pale Horse (1964) Behold a Pale Horse is a measured look at the psychology of two opponents long after their reason for opposition has gone stale. Gregory Peck and Anthony Quinn star as the antagonists - there is no real good ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 20, 2002
Pros: Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn. Mucho dramatic tension.
Cons: Those unfamiliar with Franco's Spain might not get it. Not enough Anthony Quinn.
Summary: This 1964 B&W film, directed by Fred Zinnemann and written by J.P. Miller, is based on the Emeric Pressburger novel, "Killing a Mouse on Sunday". Twenty years after the Spanish Civil War, Manuel Artiguez (Gregory Peck), a Republican guerrilla, lives in ... read more
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