• Film

Victory

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Time Out says

A curious adaptation of Joseph Conrad's novel, with March as the tender-hearted misanthrope whose ivory tower on an island in the Dutch East Indies is simultaneously invaded by a downtrodden girl (Field) he rescues from a lecherous hotel-keeper, and by an unscrupulous gentleman adventurer (Hardwicke) - attended by his male 'secretary' and a brutish thug - who is after the mythical treasure supposedly hidden there. No prizes for guessing that subtleties go by the board, with Hollywood romance winning the day as a tropical storm orchestrates the passions. But the characterisations are vivid, the relationships (Hardwicke's sadistic sexual domination of Cowan, for example) surprisingly explicit, and the camerawork (Leo Tover) lushly atmospheric.

Release Details

  • Duration:77 mins

Cast and crew

  • Director:John Cromwell
  • Screenwriter:John J Balderston
  • Cast:
    • Fredric March
    • Betty Field
    • Cedric Hardwicke
    • Jerome Cowan
    • Sig Ruman
    • Rafaela Ottiano
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