Uncomfortable

This just doesn't work, and I wonder whether or not the director didn't somehow lose control of it. It's an obvious cheapie, not good for a period film, and at times its interesting to see how he copes with the low budget: I would cite the fire-fighting scene as a good example. A major problem is the lack of rapport between the actors playing the lead roles, but the real drawback is the number of would-be jokey-erotic and utterly redundant 'confessions of'-style soft porny romps that are inserted into the action at various points: embarrassingly bad. Despite that, some good actors appear occasionally - Yootha Joyce, Harry Andrews and Jame Hayter, for example. I wonder if Mr. Sewell was the vicitm of a 'Caligula' style hi-jacking?