Never Let Me Go

Director: Delmer Daves Delmer Daves

Overview

The unquenchable passion between an American foreign correspondent and his Russian wife, a ballerina, forms the basis of this action drama that begins when the journalist is forced to leave his Moscow post after penning a few anti-communist articles. Unfortunately, the government forces his wife to remain in the country.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/12/2013
UPC:	0883316734278
Original Release:	1953
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:34:00
Sales rank:	28,454

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Clark Gable	Philip Sutherland
Gene Tierney	Marya Lamarkina
Bernard Miles	Joe Brooks
Richard Haydn	Christopher Wellington St. John Denny
Belita	Valentina Alexandrovna
Kenneth More	Steve Quillan
Karel Stepanek	Commissar
Theodore Bikel	Lieutenant
Anna Valentina	Svetlana Mikhailovna
Frederick Valk	Kuragin
Anton Dolin	Marya's Partner
Stanley Maxted	John Barnes
Meinhart Maur	Lemkov
Alexis Chesnakov	Gen. Zhdanov
Robert Henderson	US Ambassador
Anton Diffring	Actor
Peter Illing	N.K.V.D. Man
Hans May	Composer

Technical Credits

George Froeschel

Ronald Millar

Delmer Daves	Director
George Froeschel	Screenwriter
Clarence Brown	Producer
Ronald Millar	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Never Let Me Go is one of those films that sounds better on paper. The idea of Clark Gable and Gene Tierney together promises fireworks, and adding in plot mechanics that force Gable to heroically rescue his beloved seems like a can't-miss proposition. But miss it does. Gable is rather tired here, not giving his most committed performance. Plus, by 1953, he was a bit long in the tooth for Tierney. For her part, Tierney was not the kind of actress who could be slotted into just any part. While she looks divine, she's not terribly believable as a Russian ballerina. Richard Haydn does much better than might be expected with his part, and if Belita is only an adequate actor, she's an entrancing dancer. The screenplay is often terribly far-fetched, the whole thing implausible in that particular Hollywood manner that asks the viewer to accept that one man, because he's an American and in love, can overcome the entire totalitarian state. That said, Delmer Daves directs the film more than adequately, with several sequences really catching fire. Because of its stars, Never Let Me Go is a disappointment, but on its own terms, it's moderately entertaining.