From a Rumer Godden novel, but no BLACK NARCISSUS or THE RIVER. This WWII set Sam Goldwyn pic tells a Cinderella variant using a tricky edit-free flashback technique (Gregg Toland wasting his gifts) as David Niven (aged to ape C. Aubrey Smith) remembers the step-sister he let get away back when (a distressingly unglamorous Teresa Wright). While here-and-now, Farley Granger & Evelyn Keyes play at the same game. Droopy stuff, poorly cast, but with a typically fascinating turn from Jayne Meadows as the mean step-sister. Director Irving Reis demonstrates just how helpless Goldwyn could be sans Wm Wyler. FX fans may wish to jump to the end for some nifty London Blitz recreations; simple & effective.
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