It's that Ladd again - this time as aviator-for-hire Steve Gibbs, who airlifts weapons to India, where he makes the mistake of trying to sell them to a peace-loving premier Charles Boyer, who grabs hold of them to keep them from the rebels who are soon revolting. That's the start of the spirited adventure plot, and the inevitable soppy romance is the capable Brit hands of Deborah Kerr, albeit battling a rather rotten part as an unsighted English missionary's daughter. Ladd is on excellent form in one of his pint-sized Humphrey Bogart-style essays in laid-back, soft-centred cynicism, while Boyer and Kerr work hard to bring life and depth to cardboard roles. The film's political stance and its tough and downbeat tone worked against it at the box-office but have kept it fresh and vibrant.


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