richardchatten
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Coming towards the end of Basil Dearden's final international phase as a director of entertainments was this glossy adaptation of the novel by Jack London employing the freewheeling style - more characteristic of the period it was made than when it was set - and with a pair of bankable stars in the form of Oliver Reed and Diana Rigg.
Ten years after Leo McCarey made a vivid contribution to rabid early fifties anti-communist paranoia with 'My Son John' he returned to the theme with 'Satan Never Sleeps'; which marked the swansong of both McCarey and Clifton Webb.
His drinking had by visibly blurred his once formidable talent; while anything resembling spectacle was plainly the work of the second unit. But on its own terms it's pretty memorable.
His drinking had by visibly blurred his once formidable talent; while anything resembling spectacle was plainly the work of the second unit. But on its own terms it's pretty memorable.
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