Set in Island of Cyprus in the revolutionary 1957, there rebels fight against the occupying English forces , during the bloody political minefield of the fifties . it deals with a student who spends a vacation at a villa to investigate about archeologic excavation and then she becomes trapped between the two warring sides . As she witnesses a resistance attack against British military in which die some soldiers. Shortly after, the vengeful local guerrilla plots to murder her in order to silence her. Dirk Bogarde is Major McGuire, an English officer whose efforts to stem Eoka guerrilla are compromised when he falls in love for American-Cyprus gal called Juno , Susan Strasberg, who is caught in the tumultuous war . As she stands at a villa where appears some Cypriot guerrilleros leaders, George Chakiris , and the chief guerrilla, Gregoire Aslan, is hiding . Along the way Juno, Susan Strasberg, is mercilessly chased by Chakiris who lays it on as a fanatical patriot . Before you stop a Bullet , before you trip over a love affair , before you foul up the whole revolution...
This is a thriller movie more than a romatic drama , in which there are thrills , emotion , crossfire , a love story , and a long as well as relentless pursuit . Misguided director Ralph Thomas attempts to create a romantic drama out of the British military presence in the late 50s , there a British Intelligence man becomes involved with an archeology student lodging at a villa . It is an acceptable and decent film , unfortunately , the storyline by Ian Stuart Beach from his own novel does not make it through the political scenarios created by a very thunderous independence conflict. Main cast, Dirk Bogarde , Susan Strasberg , George Chakiris , give enjoyable acting , similar to support cast, formed by a fine plethora of British actors , such as : Nigel Stock , Denholm Eliott , Gregoire Aslan, George Pastell, Colin Campbell , Joseph Fuest , among others .
It contains a colorful and brilliant cinematography by Ernest Steward . And evocative and atmospheric musical score by the Italian Angelo Francesco Lavagnino . This film , The high bright sun , also titled : McGuire go home , was well produced by Betty Box for the Rank Organization , being profesionally directed by Ralph Thomas , though it has some failures , flaws and gaps . Thomas was a good British craftsman who directed several films of all kinds of genres with a special penchant for comedy . His fetish actor was Dick Bogarde with whom worked in various films , many of them belong to "Doctor series" , as Doctor in house . As Ralph Thomas made : The Clouded yellow , Appointment with Venus , Upstairs and downstairs, Conspiracy of hearts , Hot-enough for June , The wind can not read , Nobody runs forever , Quest for love , Percy , Percy progress , and a Hitchcock remake : 39 stairs . Rating : 6/10. The flick will appeal to Dirk Bogarde fans .
This is a thriller movie more than a romatic drama , in which there are thrills , emotion , crossfire , a love story , and a long as well as relentless pursuit . Misguided director Ralph Thomas attempts to create a romantic drama out of the British military presence in the late 50s , there a British Intelligence man becomes involved with an archeology student lodging at a villa . It is an acceptable and decent film , unfortunately , the storyline by Ian Stuart Beach from his own novel does not make it through the political scenarios created by a very thunderous independence conflict. Main cast, Dirk Bogarde , Susan Strasberg , George Chakiris , give enjoyable acting , similar to support cast, formed by a fine plethora of British actors , such as : Nigel Stock , Denholm Eliott , Gregoire Aslan, George Pastell, Colin Campbell , Joseph Fuest , among others .
It contains a colorful and brilliant cinematography by Ernest Steward . And evocative and atmospheric musical score by the Italian Angelo Francesco Lavagnino . This film , The high bright sun , also titled : McGuire go home , was well produced by Betty Box for the Rank Organization , being profesionally directed by Ralph Thomas , though it has some failures , flaws and gaps . Thomas was a good British craftsman who directed several films of all kinds of genres with a special penchant for comedy . His fetish actor was Dick Bogarde with whom worked in various films , many of them belong to "Doctor series" , as Doctor in house . As Ralph Thomas made : The Clouded yellow , Appointment with Venus , Upstairs and downstairs, Conspiracy of hearts , Hot-enough for June , The wind can not read , Nobody runs forever , Quest for love , Percy , Percy progress , and a Hitchcock remake : 39 stairs . Rating : 6/10. The flick will appeal to Dirk Bogarde fans .