Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Movie review - "The Steel Lady" (1953) **1/2

 Low budget action adventure which benefits from a decent idea - four American oil men crash in the desert, dig up an old German tank from WW2 and drive it to a nearby French fort... unaware it contains jewels. But nearby Arabs are aware.

Rod Cameron, John Dehner and Leonard from Community are three tough guys, with Tab Hunter as the fourth. The combo works - Dehner is the dodgy one, going a litte Fred C Dobbs, but not dumb. Hunter is protected, mostly sitting and listening to the others. They should've given him a romance in the Arab tent. And they should've had them pick up an Arab in the village to complicate things. Maybe Leonard could've been a woman.

This was a pretty good movie though. The villains are smart. There's action. Decent actors.

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