Saturday, April 26, 2025

Movie review - "Five Branded Women" (1960) **

 This has a tremendous high concept - five women accused of colluding with a German officer (Steve Forrest) have their heads shaved by partisans and are kicked out of town and have adventures.

There's a classy cast - Silvia Mangano, Jeanne Moreau, Vera Miles, Barbara Bel Geddes and Carla Gravina - as well as Van Heflin and Harry Guardino as partisans. So it's a Europudding. Weird accents.

Starts off interesting but then becomes about the men. The women don't get enough time. There's a big battle.

Martin Ritt slagged off this film.

The basic idea is still strong.

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