If any integrity of intention was there at the beginning, it has somehow hopelessly miscarried.

Clunky and awkward, with inane dialogue, it's a movie to show how attitudes have changed.

[William] Holden is years too old for the role but oozes sex appeal and makes a swoony stud when he takes his shirt off (or when, better yet, it’s ripped from his back...

Though the film sticks with few sets and characters, resembling its stage origins, it’s still effective as a theatrical relationship drama.