Review of The Road

The Road (1954)
7/10
Watch the dubbed English version.
12 October 2020
This weird film contains unlikable and annoying characters and a tired old plot. I decided to watch this movie a second time, but this time I watched the original dubbed American version. It was interesting to hear Quinn's real voice in that version. This is what they do in foreign films with American actors for the U.S. release. They speak English, while everyone else speaks, in this case, Italian, but it looked like they recorded Quinn's voice originally, but they had to re-dub it over for the American release. It's Quinn's voice, but not synched well. However, hearing Quinn's real voice did add much more character to him, and boy, was his character a jerk. It was funny how Gelsomina sounds like Trixie from Speed Racer. I don't condone watching a movie dubbed, but in this case it paid off. My grade raised from a D to a C-. I enjoyed Basehart a lot more on the "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" TV series. Nice cinematography, composition and contrast, interesting images, such as the black horse and the three marching band solders, but that really is it.

6.8 (C- MyGrade) = 7 IMDB
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