Difficult for me to connect with the characters on any level

Having never seen Le jour se leve I thought this was a pretty good film on its own. Price is, as always, a blast to watch. Fonda is Fantastic and Dvorak is enjoyable.

For a hollywood remake on a classic this is actually pretty darn good. It does tire itself out once the flashbacks are done, though.

Nearly a shot-for-shot duplication of Le jour se lève at times, it differs greatly in the ending, which is far more upbeat. Seeing this cop-out conclusion actually makes me like Carne's original more. I do think the postwar disillusionment makes for a more interesting context, but in essence it's the same dull, rambling story with characters you don't care much about. The leads are all pretty good... too bad their performances have to compete with the horribly bombastic score.