Still holding it's own

Rating: 8/10 (13 November 2014)

Contrary to many movies more than 50 years old this one holds up quite well. While it was long it held my interest all the way through. Often the pace of these old movies is slow but this one moved along at a comfortable pace. The story, while fiction, was entirely plausible. I like WWII movies and this one is a very good one.
Alec Guinness (AKA Obi-Wan) was perfectly cast in this movie. He was such a great actor. William Holden was also cast well with his ability to portray a lazy entitled individual believably. No other actor than Sessue Hayakawa would have fit is part as well.
I may have seen this movie 10 times over the years and I just had to see it again. The price of this movie in a WWII series of DVDs was only $7, quite the bargain for such a great movie.