Pursued (1947)
Judith Anderson, mother to two young children, brings home an orphaned young boy and vows to raise him as one of her own. Naturally, her real son is jealous, and just as naturally, her daughter doesn’t think of the cute newcomer as her blood relative. When everyone grows up, Teresa Wright and her adopted brother Robert Mitchum fall in love, and her real brother Dean Jagger is resentful of the attention Bob takes.
Then comes the Spanish-American War, and one man has to go to the front to represent the family. Who will it be? And why does Judith Anderson have such a guilty conscience? And why does Robert Mitchum suffer from nightmares? You can find out by watching Pursued.
There are a couple of problems with this movie, besides the obvious gross-factor of the incestuous romance. The start of the movie features Robert Mitchum, wounded and bleeding, trying to tell Teresa Wright an important story before he gets found and taken away. But, almost everything he tells her, she already knows—she grew up with him! There’s no reason to tell her all this if they’re pressed for time! The other, much greater problem, is Max Steiner’s music. As usual, he inserts ridiculous licks of regular songs in different keys for what he thinks is clever or dramatic purposes. Repeating “Yankee Doodle” during the war scenes is almost as unforgivable as repeating “O Danny Boy” fifty times after the characters have already sung the song.
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Then comes the Spanish-American War, and one man has to go to the front to represent the family. Who will it be? And why does Judith Anderson have such a guilty conscience? And why does Robert Mitchum suffer from nightmares? You can find out by watching Pursued.
There are a couple of problems with this movie, besides the obvious gross-factor of the incestuous romance. The start of the movie features Robert Mitchum, wounded and bleeding, trying to tell Teresa Wright an important story before he gets found and taken away. But, almost everything he tells her, she already knows—she grew up with him! There’s no reason to tell her all this if they’re pressed for time! The other, much greater problem, is Max Steiner’s music. As usual, he inserts ridiculous licks of regular songs in different keys for what he thinks is clever or dramatic purposes. Repeating “Yankee Doodle” during the war scenes is almost as unforgivable as repeating “O Danny Boy” fifty times after the characters have already sung the song.
Want to watch it? Click here to see it on ok.ru and thanks "Classic Cinema Central Seleus B" for posting!
More Robert Mitchum movies here!
More Teresa Wright movies here!