Nobody who appreciates great filmmaking should miss this one!

Rating: 9/10 (13 June 2001)

This movie has many similarities to "Breaker Morant", but in my opinion is far superior.
I am a huge Kubrick fan, and cannot for the life of me understand how I've missed seeing this film for so long; it is a brilliant piece of filmmaking!
Kubrick did a magnificent job here, as did Kirk Douglas, and was that a young Jon Voight on the front row in the final cafe scene?
The scenes involving the three condemned prisoners, from when they discover there is no hope for reprieve until the time of their execution, are the most gripping and emotional I have ever seen captured on film. I actually felt that I was with them, begging not to die for a crime I didn't commit.
See this movie! I guess it lost out on the Academy Awards that year because another excellent film, "Bridge on the River Kwai" won out instead.
See it. You will cry as well...