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The Pride and the Passion

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During the Napoleonic Wars, retreating Spanish forces shove a powerful cannon off a cliff to prevent the French from stealing it. The British send Capt. Anthony Turnbull (Cary Grant) to help the Spanish recapture it. When he arrives in Spain, Turnbull finds the cannon secured by Spanish rebels. As Turnbull and the rebel leader Miguel (Frank Sinatra) struggle to transport the cumbersome cannon through the mountains, the British officer falls for beautiful Spaniard Juana (Sophia Loren).
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Variety Staff Variety 11/07/2007
Top credit must go to the production. Go to Full Review Tom Milne Time Out 02/09/2006
If you can believe in Sinatra as an 1810 vintage Spanish guerrilla, you can believe anything, but it's still a slog through a platitudinous script. Go to Full Review Film Culture Staff Film Culture 06/07/2022
An effective, though shallow, filming of C.S. Forester's novel. Go to Full Review Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine 11/26/2019
Its eye-tilling assets include mammoth cannon, which is far more interesting, in the long haul, than the celebrities in the cast... Go to Full Review Isabel Quigly The Spectator 07/19/2018
The Pride and the Passion might have been, and should have been, something very much better than it is. It ought to have been at least exciting, which it isn't. The fault lies mainly with three things: the script, Cary Grant, and the music. Go to Full Review TV Guide 11/07/2007
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Kim B @Kimbelly Jul 13 What's up with all the multi-colored pointy hats in the religious procession? See more Tim A @RT66091951 Sep 20 I saw this movie as a child, loved it! Saw it again tonight and I still love the crazy patriotism of the Spaniards and the teamwork with the English to overcome the imperial aspirations of the French. It's beautiful! Vive l'independance! Boom boom! See more Mike W @MikeW269 05/07/2025 For being a big production movie it was not very good, taking forever to plod through the countryside to a conclusion. As far as acting goes, all three stars were miscast. When Sinatra first appeared in his character I laughed. Somewhere after the first half the plot became silly. See more Mark E @RT33188494 04/21/2025 Could be one of the silliest movies I've ever seen. Sinatra leads a resistance "that never retreats", but they don't have any guns. Well, I guess they acquired a few muskets here and there. Peck, a high ranking officer, arrives to help, but he has no aides, entourage or troops, its just him. A regiment of French infantry could've driven off this rabble at their leisure and captured the gun, but apparently nobody thought of this idea. But the cast is great, the acting very good and the cinematography is breathtaking. If nothing else, this movie showcases just how good an actor Frank Sinatra was, and you really can't go wrong with Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren See more Chris J @RT34515362 02/27/2025 I remember way back in the mid 60's when I was sitting for my O level English literature exams in England, we had to study "The Gun" by C. S. Forester. This was the novel upon which this movie was based. We were forbidden by our English Master from watching this movie. He told us it bore little to no relationship to the book. 60 years later, I can see what he meant. Frank Sinatra as a Spaniard was almost as bad as Danny Kaye as a cockney. See more cary d @RT85430299 02/16/2025 Great movie and all them old a tears at there best must watch movie I don’t understand the bad reviews great great old movie See more Read all reviews
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Stanley Kramer

Director

Cary Grant

Anthony

Frank Sinatra

Miguel

Sophia Loren

Juana

Theodore Bikel

General Jouvet

John Wengraf

Sermaine

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Synopsis During the Napoleonic Wars, retreating Spanish forces shove a powerful cannon off a cliff to prevent the French from stealing it. The British send Capt. Anthony Turnbull (Cary Grant) to help the Spanish recapture it. When he arrives in Spain, Turnbull finds the cannon secured by Spanish rebels. As Turnbull and the rebel leader Miguel (Frank Sinatra) struggle to transport the cumbersome cannon through the mountains, the British officer falls for beautiful Spaniard Juana (Sophia Loren).
Director
Stanley Kramer
Producer
Stanley Kramer
Screenwriter
Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt
Production Co
Stanley Kramer Company
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 10, 1957, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 16, 2008
Runtime
2h 12m
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