Diagonaldi Very well executed

Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

mark.waltz From fancy French hotels to the mountains of Monaco, this action packed adventure involves religious symbols of healing, human greed and one man's determination to stop evil from catching up to him no matter what it takes. There are certain movies where it is plainly obvious from the opening credits who the hero is, and who the villain is. Obviously, Glenn Ford is the good guy, framed for murder simply because he stumbled upon the mystery of the green glove and got stuck with it. Now, it's his goal to get it back to the mountain top church where the bells have stopped ringing because of its theft. By accident, he hooks up with innocent Geraldine Brooks, all the while trying to outwit evil nobleman George MacReady, up to Hus usual sinister tricks, and determined to prevent Ford from completing his mission. Sometimes good, sometimes bad, Sir Cedric Hardwicke is the picture of nobility here, the vessel through whom the vessel is told. It's an interesting reunion for Ford and MacReady, but sadly, Brooks is no "Gilda". Some exciting train sequences are followed by the climactic scene on a steep mountain where evil and good come head to head. A bit too complex at times, this is entertaining but sometimes perplexing. Yet, the mystery comes nicely together, giving a satisfying conclusion that truly shows the miracle of the bells and the magic of the glove.

funkyfry I've been trying to locate this film for quite some time, and I wasn't disappointed by it. It's not a movie with a lot of gravity, but taken as just a nice little adventure romance it's quite satisfying. In a somewhat low budget or B film like this, you couldn't hope for a more fascinating hero than Glenn Ford nor a more nefarious and cultured villain than George Macready. I also thought that Geraldine Brooks was very beautiful and had a lot of positive energy, kind of like the early Veronica Lake. She has good chemistry with Ford and some of the back and forth between them is reminiscent of a Howard Hawks or John Farrow type of story. This film's director is Rudolph Mate, best known as the director of "D.O.A." but also a very significant cinematographer with films like Dreyer's "Passion of Joan of Arc", Lang's "Lilliom", William Wyler's "Dodsworth", King Vidor's "Stella Dallas" and other classics in his resume. He gives "The Green Glove" a steady veteran hand at the helm and an overall professional look despite the low budget he apparently had at his disposal. Mate was also the photographer of "Gilda", so perhaps it's not coincidence that two of its primary trio of stars appears in this film also."The Green Glove" itself is a famous religious relic that has been stolen (the Priest who guards it is played by Cedric Hardwicke, who is credited above Macready). Ford plays an American soldier who discovers the relic and returns to France years later to try to reclaim it. He meets the lovely tour guide Christine (Brooks) and she gets swept up in the suspense when the police find a dead body in Mike's (Ford) hotel room. They travel to Monte Carlo and try to find the jade-encrusted gauntlet before it can be seized by the shady art dealer Count Rona (Macready).It's a breezy film with some good action scenes, such as a fight between Ford and Macready's stooges and a climactic chase on perilous cliff tops. In some ways it's the good old fashioned kind of adventure movie that people who enjoy things like "Indiana Jones" and "Romancing the Stone" would appreciate, the older template for those types of movies. Ford is an appropriately ambiguous hero, and although the film is by no real stretch of imagination a "noir", he does have the ruminating and sometimes self-contradictory (or semi-suicidal) behavior that you see in many war veterans in those types of films. In terms of the film's meaning or message, it is obliquely about a veteran's efforts to return to the scene of his trauma and to try to correct some damage that he might have unintentionally taken part in. It's not clear right away however whether Mike wants to return the Green Glove to its sacred resting place or whether he wants to use it to achieve the elusive "American Dream" that he doesn't seem to be able to find at home. That makes him more ambiguous in the beginning, plus he keeps trying to tell his girlfriend that he's going to leave France in 2 days and never return, and it seems like he believes it. This is a man who in the beginning anyway has nothing to lose, and Ford plays these sort of detached and morally aloof characters very well.

Snow Leopard Though rather uneven some of the time, "The Green Glove" is still worth seeing for a number of reasons. It has a solid cast headed by Glenn Ford, the story has some interesting moments, and most of all the location filming provides some very nice views besides helping considerably with the atmosphere.The opening sequence works pretty well in tossing out some mysterious details, and the movie then goes back to tell the story from the beginning. Ford's character is not very likable, but it's hard not to identify with him as he faces a series of threats while he tracks down the valuable artifact upon returning to France after the war. It's interesting to see him meet up with an antagonist played by George Macready, with whom Ford was paired in the earlier, much more memorable "Gilda". Macready's distinctive voice and mannerisms make him an interesting adversary.Geraldine Brooks is likable as the tour guide who helps Ford in his quest, although her character remains largely one-dimensional. Cedric Hardwicke appears as a village priest, but he is unfortunately never given anything significant to do. Jany Holt makes good use of her scenes as the Countess.The pace is sometimes inconsistent, with a number of slow stretches and a couple of rather jumpy spots. But the story has enough of interest to make you want to see how it all comes out.The settings and scenery are probably the main strength of the movie, and without them, it would probably have been pretty plain. The scenery of the mountains and villages of southern France creates a very good atmosphere, and the bell-tower setting is also used well. More than anything else, these aspects lift "The Green Glove" from a fair picture to a decent one that is worth seeing despite a few flaws.

bmacv Plenty of points of interest went into The Green Glove – a seasoned cast, locations in France (Paris, the Midi), a dangerous quest for a fabulous artifact. But not much energy was expended on making them interesting. It's easy to lose track of who wants what and who killed whom in this lackluster thriller, and hard to care.Good cinematographer turned so-so director Rudoph Maté cast one of his favorite subjects, Glenn Ford, as a soldier caught up in the liberation of France. There Ford captures but loses George Macready (his old adversary from Gilda, which Maté photographed). Of vague nationality and dubious loyalties, Macready was trying to abscond with the story's Maltese Falcon – a priceless gauntlet which has reposed in a village church for centuries. Ford takes custody of it but, injured, leaves it behind with the family who rescued him.When post-war prosperity stateside doesn't catch up with Ford, he returns to France in hopes of retrieving the gauntlet and with it his fortune. From the moment his feet hit French soil (having apparently been under close surveillance for years), Macready's men start following him around; the police grow interested when one of them is found dead in Ford's hotel room. With the effervescent Geraldine Brooks in tow, he sets out by the Blue Train to the Riviera, dodging both the law and Macready's mob. There's an early scene set high up in the Eiffel Tower, and, for the resolution, Maté keeps his camera high, taking us to the sheer precipices of a goat trail and to the bell tower of the burgled church (wanly anticipating Hitchcock in both North by Northwest and Vertigo).But the film jumps from one thing to another like those mountain goats leaping from crag to crag (fatally losing its footing in one coy, comic scene at a country inn where Ford and Brooks feign being newlyweds with bridal-night jitters). More crucially, the characters stay blandly generic, with no feel for their quirks or insight into their motives (and Sir Cedric Hardwicke is thrown away as a country priest). The Green Glove of the quest is the real McCoy, unlike the Maltese Falcon, which was a fake; in this case, the paste is worth far more than the diamonds.