The Pride and the Passion (1957)
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14% of critics liked it
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33% of users liked it
(1,587 ratings)
As was his custom, producer/director Stanley Kramer made some iconoclastic casting decisions when mounting his $5 million production The Pride and the Passion. Adapted from The Gun, a novel by C. S. Forester, the film is set in Spain during the Napoleonic wars. Captain Anthony Trumbull (Cary Grant),… More As was his custom, producer/director Stanley Kramer made some iconoclastic casting decisions when mounting his $5 million production The Pride and the Passion. Adapted from The Gun, a novel by C. S. Forester, the film is set in Spain during the Napoleonic wars. Captain Anthony Trumbull (Cary Grant), a British military officer, is ordered to retrieve a large and unwieldly abandoned cannon, then transport the weapon to the British lines, where it will be used to attack the French garrison at Avila. Hotheaded guerilla leader Miguel (Frank Sinatra) agrees to help Trumball move the cannon over hill and dale, even though he hates the Englishman's guts. Tagging along on the arduous odysseys is Miguel's fiery mistress Juana (Sophia Loren), who develops a yearning for the stolid Trundall (then-lovers Loren and Grant would later be teamed in Houseboat). Pride and the Passion made a mint at the box-office for both Kramer and United Artists. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Stanley Kramer
- Written By
- Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1957 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
Top credit must go to the production.
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Tom Milne, Time Out
If you can believe in Sinatra as an 1810 vintage Spanish guerrilla, you can believe anything, but it's still a slog through a platitudinous script.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
The whole thing is a miscast mess.
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, Film4
The script, adapted from Forester's novel, is as thick and ridiculous as the casting.
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Kurt Dahlke, Apollo Guide
As a war movie or a romance, The Pride and the Passion fizzles.
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Cast
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Cary Grant
as Capt. Anthony Trumbull
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Frank Sinatra
as Miguel
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Sophia Loren
as Juana
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Theodore Bikel
as Gen. Jouvet
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John Wengraf
as Germaine
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José Nieto
as Carlos
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Carlos Larranga
as Jose
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Philip Van Zandt
as Vidal
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Paco El Laberinto
as Manolo
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Carlos Casaravilla
as Leonardo
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Nana de Herrera
as Maria
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Félix de Pomés
as Bishop
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Luis Guedes
as French Soldier
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Jay Novello
as Ballinger
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Juan Olaguivel
as Ramon
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Julian Ugarte
as Enrique