By now, if you're getting to my review, you already know the plot. Most of the interaction between excruciatingly handsome Milland (coming off his Oscar-winning triumph in "The Lost Weekend") and sexed-up, earthy Marlene is pretty darn funny. (Especially the scene when Marlene is scaling a fish where Ray has to sleep.) Then there's Murvyn Vye singing in his baritone voice the haunting title song is a show-stopper. There are two shocking scenes that remain in my memory: 1.) Milland pretending to tell someone's future by reading their palm, and suddenly realizing he actually can, for just an instant, foresee the person's upcoming death; 2.) Nazis torturing Milland's dying British colleague by holding a flame on the man's bare stomach. All-in-all a very watchable movie. However, ***SPOILER ALERT*** at the end, when Milland rejoins Marlene in Germany, there is an enormous suspension of disbelief, as the Nazis incarcerated and murdered all Gypsies (including children) they encountered in occupied Europe.
Review of Golden Earrings
