In addition to the happy ending, the film is far more profound than the imagined love of different classes. I have to admire the father played by Orson Welles. It can be said that this eccentric old man is the soul of the film, and the newcomer Paul Newman is just a shadow of his youth.
The film's overly staged lines make even more interesting characters seem contrived, at least for now.
2008-11-05
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