The Pride and the Passion

Released Jul 10, 1957

2h 12m

Action

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10 Reviews

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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 Trumbull (Cary Grant) to help the Spanish recapture it. When he arrives in Spain, Trumbull finds the cannon secured by Spanish rebels. As Trumbull 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

Top credit must go to the production.

Nov 7, 2007

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Tom Milne

Time Out

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.

Feb 9, 2006

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Rated: 2/5

Oct 14, 2005

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Film Culture Staff

Film Culture

An effective, though shallow, filming of C.S. Forester's novel.

Jun 7, 2022

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Clyde Gilmour

Maclean's Magazine

Its eye-tilling assets include mammoth cannon, which is far more interesting, in the long haul, than the celebrities in the cast...

Nov 26, 2019

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Isabel Quigly

The Spectator

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.

Jul 19, 2018

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Gary F

The French wouldn't have made it in the old west as scouts. They couldn't track a canon and the hundreds of people pulling it in a mountain pass.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/09/24

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Liam D

A fairly generic historical drama with a good but miscasted cast

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Great movie, awesome cast

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

It's like a three-legged horse: it'll never win anything, but it's still got charm.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

Sinatra is nearly passable as a Spaniard, Grant is uninspired as a British officer (though they both have some nice action sequences). It's young Loren that is really worth watching as she deals with their egos & emotions.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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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 Trumbull (Cary Grant) to help the Spanish recapture it. When he arrives in Spain, Trumbull finds the cannon secured by Spanish rebels. As Trumbull 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
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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