This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I watch it several times a year still. To see the comedic genius, the timing, the facial gestures and physical comedy coming out of Charles Laughton, who is generally known for his more serious roles, is marvelous. He is light as a feather and sharp as a knife as "Ruggles"...and as the movie progresses, he transforms. It's a "coming of age" type movie and shames "born" Americans by buying into the American dream and educating them to their "taken for granted" hard won history and lives...and the sappy ending, in which you are rooting for his success, always brings a tear to my eye, much like George Bailey at the end of "It's a Wonderful Life". Charles Laughton, comedic genius, among other skills of the screen, carries off this "sappy" ending to perfection...enjoy...
Review of Ruggles of Red Gap
