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Ernest Hemingway's 1939 novel, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, stands among the great pieces of American literature. Sam Wood's direction of the script by Dudley Nichols stars Gary Cooper as Hemingway's pain-ridden, love-torn hero, Robert Jordan, a Montana schoolteacher who risks his life to fight Franco's forces during the Spanish .. Read more

Starring	Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Katina Paxinou, Akim Tamiroff
Director	Sam Wood
Genres	Drama, Romance

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- Portentous, solemn adventure story based on a modern classic but without much cinematic impetus despite careful handling and useful performances. It looks expensive, though.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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  A difficult review.
  
  My Grandmother fancies Gary Cooper, and ,as a result, I find it difficult to criticise anything about this man.
  
  Whilst she's putting the kettle ... read more »
  
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  - Robert Dawson
  - Cardiff,Wales.
  - 21 Feb 2008 at 21:09
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  Sadly disappointing
  
  Even through we knew that the film is only loosely based on the book, we were still disappointed. The constant soaring violins in the background sucked what ... read more »
  
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  - Isle of Mull
  - 27 Apr 2010 at 14:40
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  This is a classic
  
  I saw this when i was very young, and loved it, great to see it again. Cooper and Bergman are brilliant. If you haven't seen it please do yourself a favour ... read more »
  
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  - Joby
  - 82 reviews
  - Uckfield
  - 25 Feb 2010 at 12:14
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  No longer as powerful
  
  I first saw this film in my impressionable youth and thought it was utterly wonderful - powerful and moving. Now 30 years on the hero seems wooden and stilted ... read more »
  
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  - Cambridge
  - 10 Sep 2009 at 12:22
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  For Whom The Bell Tolls
  
  A classic tale, well acted and telling a good yarn about life and loves and passions in war torn Spain.
  
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- - Bradstonian
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  - Broadstairs
  - 07 Sep 2009 at 18:57
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  for whom the bell tolls
  
  excellent classic well worth watching
  
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  - Hastings
  - 14 Jan 2009 at 19:09
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  A difficult review.
  
  My Grandmother fancies Gary Cooper, and ,as a result, I find it difficult to criticise anything about this man.
  
  Whilst she's putting the kettle ... read more »
  
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- - Robert Dawson
  - Cardiff,Wales.
  - 21 Feb 2008 at 21:09
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  excuse me...
  
  If your going to play the film critic, at least learn the difference between Cary Grant and Gary Cooper.
  
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  - London
  - 22 Jan 2007 at 08:46
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  Dull as hell
  
  It is no wonder that director Sam Wood's reputation has gone down the drain, despite receiving much acclaim in the 40s.
  
  This film is ridiculously... read more »
  
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  - Oxford
  - 24 Feb 2006 at 09:12
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  WOW......
  
  It was my husbands idea to order this film but I was hooked from begining to end. Very Interesting and powerfull story.
  
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  - 19 Oct 2005 at 18:30
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  It doesn't toll fast enough
  
  Stiff and slow adaptation of the Hemingway novel with Cooper none too convincing as an all-fired-up Yank fighting on behalf of the Spanish in the Civil War and ... read more »
  
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- - RJNeb2
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  - 01 Oct 2005 at 23:30
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  A difficult review.
  
  My Grandmother fancies Gary Cooper, and ,as a result, I find it difficult to criticise anything about this man.
  
  Whilst she's putting the kettle ... read more »
  
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  - Robert Dawson
  - Cardiff,Wales.
  - 21 Feb 2008 at 21:09
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  Go on Ingrid. Follow Casablanca
  
  Incredibly dull. Only worth watching to see Ingrid Bergman with short hair
  
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  - Glasgow, Scotland
  - 17 Feb 2004 at 14:12
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  This is a classic
  
  I saw this when i was very young, and loved it, great to see it again. Cooper and Bergman are brilliant. If you haven't seen it please do yourself a favour ... read more »
  
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  - Joby
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  - Uckfield
  - 25 Feb 2010 at 12:14
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  Ingrid Bergman looked gorgeous as ever!
  
  I agree with the previous user' comments, it wasnt a great movie but still worth a watch just because it had Ingrid Bergman in as the leading actress. She ... read more »
  
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- - Mohammad Aamir Malik
  - Mancheser, U.K
  - 02 Nov 2004 at 06:17
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  Unfortunate
  
  This is a dismal film. The characters from the book are not realized with any depth and the relationship between the two leads is strange insofar as Maria's... read more »
  
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- - Alan JOHNS
  - Purley, England
  - 06 Dec 2004 at 19:06
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  WOW......
  
  It was my husbands idea to order this film but I was hooked from begining to end. Very Interesting and powerfull story.
  
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  - Reading
  - 19 Oct 2005 at 18:30
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  Dull as hell
  
  It is no wonder that director Sam Wood's reputation has gone down the drain, despite receiving much acclaim in the 40s.
  
  This film is ridiculously... read more »
  
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  - Oxford
  - 24 Feb 2006 at 09:12
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  excuse me...
  
  If your going to play the film critic, at least learn the difference between Cary Grant and Gary Cooper.
  
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  - London
  - 22 Jan 2007 at 08:46
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  for whom the bell tolls
  
  excellent classic well worth watching
  
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  - Hastings
  - 14 Jan 2009 at 19:09
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  For Whom The Bell Tolls
  
  A classic tale, well acted and telling a good yarn about life and loves and passions in war torn Spain.
  
  Report this review
- 808023
- - Bradstonian
  - 18 reviews
  - Broadstairs
  - 07 Sep 2009 at 18:57

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- For Whom The Bell Tolls
  
  Ernest Hemingway's 1939 novel, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, stands among the great pieces of American literature. Sam Wood's direction of the script by Dudley Nichols stars Gary Cooper as Hemingway's pain-ridden, love-torn hero, Robert Jordan, a Montana schoolteacher who risks his life to fight Franco'...