I saw this movie when it was out, in 1957, and I always remember with thrills its "explosive" climax. It was shown again on cable TV last month, and I watched it again with great pleasure, in spite of the bad notes given by the cable magazine, condemning the ominous editing by the Hollywood moguls. Now you have three top US stars of the time (Mitchum, Lemmon and Hayworth*), three solid British second roles (Bernard Lee, Herbert Lom and Bonar Colleano), a wonderful location (Tobago), good dance and good music. Plus the extraordinary climax, not chopped by the moguls. Who could ask for anything more, nowadays? Harry Carasso
*The birth year (1918) given above to Rita Hayworth may not be correct. At the first Cannes Film Festival,1946, a journalist asked for her age and she replied "31". The man was impolite enough to add, off-the-record: "in the movie business"? Let's face it: in 1946, according to my sources,Rita had the same age as her current husband Orson Welles (born 1915). And in 1957, she gave one of her best performances, in PAL JOEY, with Frank Sinatra. The same year, in FIRE DOWN BELOW, at 42, she delivers two extraordinary exotic and erotic dances, with a devilish local group.
*The birth year (1918) given above to Rita Hayworth may not be correct. At the first Cannes Film Festival,1946, a journalist asked for her age and she replied "31". The man was impolite enough to add, off-the-record: "in the movie business"? Let's face it: in 1946, according to my sources,Rita had the same age as her current husband Orson Welles (born 1915). And in 1957, she gave one of her best performances, in PAL JOEY, with Frank Sinatra. The same year, in FIRE DOWN BELOW, at 42, she delivers two extraordinary exotic and erotic dances, with a devilish local group.