Fairly disappointing

If you know anything about David Lean you can appreciate his other works, particularly The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, etc. He has simply made some spectacular films.

In this instance I was NOT expecting an incredible film, and it turned out to be quite mediocre. The story was somewhat interesting during the first and second acts, albeit played-out, and the third act seemed very disjointed and left me wondering what the point was of this film.

Alec Guinness was improperly cast for a character that showed little reason for being in the film adaptation, and Victor Banerjee's character was often over-the-top.

This movie could have gone somewhere, but then again, you could also have condensed the story into about a 30 minute picture as well.

Perhaps this film doesn't deserve such scathing remarks, but Lean is capable of so much more, unfortunate that this was his last movie.