Rating of
3.5/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 11/21/19
Bette Davis hones in her talent as a daring actress willing to take roles other stars shunned. She plays Julie, a proud haughty Southern belle whose unladylike conduct drives away her paramour. When the Civil War and a plague breaks out, she is given the chance to set things right. Davis carries this movie and William Wyler directs it well. Henry Fonda's reserved but dignified bearing is an ideal counterbalance to Bette Davis''s more extroverted performance. The hagiographic treatment of the Antebellum South is sketchy at best and does lead to some uncomfortable moments.
