The quality and texture of both the visual and auditory for the film remind me of many of the "peplum"films that so many of us misspent our youths with in the 50s and 60s.It certainly is entertaining,and can help us spend an afternoon if there isn't anything better to watch.And,seeing as how I've never heard of too many of the performers,it has provided them with chances to acquire experience for something more worthwhile.
Finley Currie played many roles in historical/costume dramas,and played a variety of characters similar to the patriarch Jacob in this.Wise,patient,compassionate,and benign,his portrayal isn't much different than those we've seen in at least a dozen others.But,he does it well,and carries it off with honors.
Robert Morley has also appeared in numerous historical dramas,such as "Cromwell,""Beau Brummell,"and "Roderick Some Thing or Other,"starring Robert Taylor.And,such are his talents,that he also managed to carry them off.But,in this one,he doesn't quite make it.He pouts,he tosses of witty epigrams,he makes clever remarks,he rolls his eyes,and other delights from his bag of tricks.But it's the sort of things that he's done in dozens of films from the 50s and 60s.He 's just doing Robert Morley,Elephantine Urbanity Inc.,such as we used to see in his ads for the British Airlines.There's no feeling of a character from antiquity.And,consequently,he sticks out like a sore thumb.
Finley Currie played many roles in historical/costume dramas,and played a variety of characters similar to the patriarch Jacob in this.Wise,patient,compassionate,and benign,his portrayal isn't much different than those we've seen in at least a dozen others.But,he does it well,and carries it off with honors.
Robert Morley has also appeared in numerous historical dramas,such as "Cromwell,""Beau Brummell,"and "Roderick Some Thing or Other,"starring Robert Taylor.And,such are his talents,that he also managed to carry them off.But,in this one,he doesn't quite make it.He pouts,he tosses of witty epigrams,he makes clever remarks,he rolls his eyes,and other delights from his bag of tricks.But it's the sort of things that he's done in dozens of films from the 50s and 60s.He 's just doing Robert Morley,Elephantine Urbanity Inc.,such as we used to see in his ads for the British Airlines.There's no feeling of a character from antiquity.And,consequently,he sticks out like a sore thumb.