"Betrayed", which marked the end of Clark Gable's association with MGM, is not one of his best films. Who knows what went on during the production of this movie, but don't look for the vibrant presence of Clark Gable here. For one thing, he appears to sleep walk throughout the picture. He seems tired and it's obvious he looks much older than what his character is supposed to be.
The problem seems to be with the direction of Gottfried Reinhardt. The screen play by Ronald Millar and George Froeschel doesn't help the film either. In spite of the good locations where the movie was shot, the action, at times, seems ridiculous and makes no sense at all. By making Carla Van Oven impersonate someone else, how did the creators think she would get away with it?
Lana Turner, who was in her thirties at the time the film was made, was made a brunette, which takes away from her natural blonde beauty. Vitor Mature is the only one that has the liveliest part in the movie as "The Scarf". Some excellent character actors are seen in "Betrayed", among them, Louis Calhern, O.E. Hasse, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Roland Culver, Nora Swinburne, and Ian Carmichael.
The film appears to have been "betrayed" by the studio, that obviously didn't have too much hope for its success. As Blanche2 has pointed out in her comment, the stars, Clark Gable and Lana Turner, were the real losers as MGM didn't do anything to help them in making this a better film.
The problem seems to be with the direction of Gottfried Reinhardt. The screen play by Ronald Millar and George Froeschel doesn't help the film either. In spite of the good locations where the movie was shot, the action, at times, seems ridiculous and makes no sense at all. By making Carla Van Oven impersonate someone else, how did the creators think she would get away with it?
Lana Turner, who was in her thirties at the time the film was made, was made a brunette, which takes away from her natural blonde beauty. Vitor Mature is the only one that has the liveliest part in the movie as "The Scarf". Some excellent character actors are seen in "Betrayed", among them, Louis Calhern, O.E. Hasse, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Roland Culver, Nora Swinburne, and Ian Carmichael.
The film appears to have been "betrayed" by the studio, that obviously didn't have too much hope for its success. As Blanche2 has pointed out in her comment, the stars, Clark Gable and Lana Turner, were the real losers as MGM didn't do anything to help them in making this a better film.