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Gone to Earth

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6.1/10 • 28

1950-11-061h 51m

DramaRomance

Lost... lost in a love she was helpless to resist!

Jennifer Jones plays Hazel Woods, a beautiful young English Gypsey girl who loves animals and in particular her pet fox. She is hotly desired by Jack Reddin a fox hunting squire who vies for her affection and pursues her even after her marriage to the local pastor.

Directors
Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Editors
Reginald Mills

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  1. Jennifer Jones

    Jennifer Jones

    Hazel Woodus

  2. David Farrar

    David Farrar

    John Reddin

  3. Cyril Cusack

    Cyril Cusack

    Edward Marston

  4. Sybil Thorndike

    Sybil Thorndike

    Mrs. Marston

  5. Edward Chapman

    Edward Chapman

    Mr. James

  6. Esmond Knight

    Esmond Knight

    Abel Woodus

  7. Hugh Griffith

    Hugh Griffith

    Andrew Vessons

  8. George Cole

    George Cole

    Cousin Albert

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CinemaSerf

Dec 27, 2022

6/10

The opening slide names both Sir Alexander Korda and David O. Selznick which though impressive, rather sums up this somewhat confused romantic adventure. Jennifer Jones is "Hazel", a young girl at one with nature - particularly "Foxy", her independently minded fox cub. Eventually, she settles down with the local vicar "Marston" (Cyril Cusack), but is too beautiful and wild not to continue to turn heads and is also sought after by the local squire "Jack" (David Farrar) too. Rejected, he stokes ill-feeling against the girl amongst their puritanical, superstitious, villagers, and a tragiedy ensues. Powell and Pressberger live up to their reputation with this beautifully shot effort - the colours and costumes, and the exterior countryside scenes are terrific. The acting is less impressive. We know that Farrar lusts after the girl, but his actual performance gives little evidence of that. Owen Holder provides us with a rather distracting narration that doesn't add anything at all - and there is quite a bit of padding to draw out to the story - pretty to look at most of the time, but frequently slowing it down to a snail's pace. Dame Sybil Thorndike is quite good as the girl's disapproving mother-in-law, and there are couple of nice contributions from Hugh Griffith and George Cole to help it along, but somehow this production hasn't quite got the momentum to sustain it well. It may well be that Selznick edited the heart (and soul) out of it when he saw it, but in any case this isn't one of the Archers' more memorable efforts.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Keywords
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