The Pride and the Passion

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The Pride and the Passion ★★ 1957

A small group of resistance fighters battling for Spanish independence in 1810 must smuggle a 6ton cannon across the rugged terrain of Spain. Miscasting, especially of Sinatra as a Spanish peasant, hurts this film. 132m/C VHS, DVD . Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren, Theodore Bikel, John Wengraf, Jay Novello, Philip Van Zandt; D: Stanley Kramer; W: Edward Anhalt; C: Franz Planer; M: George Antheil.

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