Sentenza che scotta

During the blitz a boy and his mother are evacuated to America. Returning to Liverpool in 1959, the now-grown boy (Van Johnson) learnes his father was not a war hero but a convicted murderer who is still alive.

Two American stars (Johnson and Vera Miles) and a passel of familiar British supporting players. An AJ. Cronin novel.

I wish Hitchcock had done it. But we can't judge a movie by what it isn't, but what it is.

The movie has lots of British officialdom stonewalling, Van Johnson in constantly angry mode, and no sense of humor. With all the potentially wacky Btitish types what might Sir Alfred . . . Sorry.

Lots of twists and uncovered secrets, but it all comes off as kind of blah though there is one shocking shot of a road accident.