Shadow of the Eagle (1950)
35KShadow of the Eagle (1950). 1h 33m
“This British swashbuckler movie, directed by an American film maker, specialist of westerns and adventure flicks too, and made in the mid fifties looks really like a French swashbuclers movie from the forties, or also maybe English, but certainly not American movie from the fifties. Everything here is shown in dark, dark photography, most of scenes filmed in darkness; I guess it was mde on purpose but I was surprised. So, yes, this is a feature of shadows. That said it is rather agreeable to watch, not bad at all, speaking of the feud between Catherine of Russia and the rest of Europe; a not so usual topic during this time. Not the most action packed swashbuckler or cloak and dagger movie ever though, a bit talkative. I prefered from director Sidney Salkow. RAIDERS OF THE SEVEN SEAS, THE GOLDEN HAWK, far more spectacular, and most of all, colourful.”
