Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: October 9, 1953 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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The Observer (UK)Phillip French
Clark Gable, 21 years older, repeats his role as an expatriate adventurer; Ava Gardner's brunette temptress looks great but is an inadequate replacement for Jean Harlow's wisecracking blonde broad; Grace Kelly is the frigid upper-class visitor (a role originally played by Mary Astor). John Lee Mahin wrote both but did a better job first time around. [26 May 2010, p.51]