Interesting account of a notorious 19th century murderess--and a very sympathetic one. Ann Todd is fine here--she should have been a bigger star.

Really dated and bordering on ridiculous. Ann Todd gives another awful performance, she is just so unlikable. I also have to say Ivan Desny looks like an ugly Orson Welles. Lean's worst.

Stilted, poorly acted drama that tries to move from a romance in to some sort of murder mystery courtroom drama and in doing so feels unnatural and clunky. It's all a bit silly really, and is bookended by a couple awful and completely superfluous bits of narration.

This movie was not well-received when it came out, and is considered one of Lean's disappointments even today. I disagree. It's no masterpiece, and it starts off kinda slowly, but besides functioning well as human drama and being handsomely mounted and shot, it's a reminder of what lucky dogs we all are to be living in the 21st century instead. It also (avoiding spoilers here) boasts one very nice touch at the end. You don't see movies end like that anymore

Turns into quite the compelling little drama.