Another Time, Another Place (1958)

Perfect cast and a good story

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Lana Turner and Barry Sullivan are the only Americans in this British production where a name Hollywood star got the top billing to insure a good foreign market. In this case Turner also produced Another Time, Another Place so she dictated the billing in any event.This film also features Sean Connery as a Richard Dimbleby type radio broadcaster in a film set right at the end of World War II. Turner has a fling with Connery who breaks it off and confesses he's got a wife and child back in a village in Cornwall from where he comes. After that Connery killed in a plane crash going to report on the surrender of Kesselring's army in Italy.So the brokenhearted Turner goes to said village and meets up with wife Glynis Johns and son Martin Stephens.Some might find that romantic. Personally I found that whole thing just ghoulish. If Turner had any decency she would have taken the advice of her boss Barry Sullivan and returned to the states. In the end she does. Sullivan has little to do but wait for Turner to come to her senses and finally win her.Not one of Lana's best. Connery is well cast though.

In the last days of WWII, an American journalist (Lana Turner) falls quickly and deeply in love with a British reporter (Sean Connery). Just as she begins planning their future together, he admits he's already married.This romance/melodrama is worth watching for the very young and charismatic Connery and the equally young and talented Glynis Johns, who plays his wife. Lana Turner, on the other hand, makes the movie almost unwatchable. Her platinum hair, thick make-up, and glamorous wardrobe don't fit a wartime correspondent and her acting is terrible. Every line is delivered in a breathy, petulant voice with indulgent/silly over-acting. Several supporting actors, including Barry Sullivan, are excellent, but Lana almost destroys the movie. I've watched it twice and fell asleep both times. (Re-watching it was a chore.) The black and white movie is partially filmed in a charming English village but stock footage and fake outdoor sets detract greatly; the overall look is cheap. A silly, overwrought script that never really touches the heart makes this a movie for Sean Connery fans only.

*Spoiler/plot- 1958, Another Time, Another Place, A struggling British news reporter finds love after competing with his American female arch-competitor during Britain's WW2 years.*Special Stars- Sir Sean Connery plays male lead. Lana Turner plays female lead.*Theme- Love will find away, even in wartime.*Based on- WW2 news stories.*Trivia/location/goofs- A very early British film with a young heavy eyebrow-ed full head of hair Connery and then American girlfriend star, Turner. Turner and Connery started to date during the film. This film was brought up in court testimony during the murder trial of Ms. Turner's daughter knife killing of local LA mobster, Johnnie Stampanado. This murder case testimony got Mr. Connery too much personal attention from LA's organized crime leaders and they ordered him to leave Hollywood ASAP while working on Disney film called, Darby O'Gill. Connery temporarily moved from Hollywood to the SF Valley to continue his filming days and then he went home to the UK.*Emotion- An easily forgettable film except for the fact this was one of the few earliest film roles that started Connery onto his international film stardom today.

I found myself 'fast-forwarding' thru the last half hour. The script missed some great chances at early character development, which left the 'talent' struggling to pull this movie together. Their characters lacked depth and motivation in the later going, and the 96 minutes seemed much longer.