Gypsy dancer Hassina falls in love with lion tamer Brazil and travels to London to find him. Brazil is supposedly working at the Crystal Palace, but he is not there when Hassina arrives.
Is it worth your time? If you have a thing for black-and-white melodrama and don't mind a story that feels like it was written on a napkin, you might find some charm here. People who prefer their protagonists to make logical choices will probably want to throw their remote at the screen within twenty minutes. It’s defi...
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Roy William Neill
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a thing for black-and-white melodrama and don't mind a story that feels like it was written on a napkin, you might find some charm here. People who prefer their protagonists to make logical choices will probably want to throw their remote at the screen within twenty minutes. It’s definitely not for everyone, especially if you get annoyed by rich guys acting like they own the room. The whole thing starts with Hassina basically throwing her life away for a lion ..."
Terence Rattigan, Brock Williams, Eleanor Smith
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