Wednesday, August 25, 2010

The Iron Glove (1954)


Directed by William Castle
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

Cheap Sam Katzman costumer with Robert Stack as an Irishman fighting for King James. He tangles with the French who use beautiful Ursula Thiess to get to the king. Of course they fall in love, but it's never believable. In fact, little is in this poorly acted drama. I found myself marveling at Stack's pathetic attempt at an Irish accent, which comes and goes from scene to scene. The fight scenes are inept, with Stack's swordsmanship particularly suspect. I never saw an "iron glove", just an allegorical reference near the beginning.

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