The battle of Plassey is staged very well in this film and overall it looks good with a big cast and has a sweeping music score by Alfred Newman but on the whole I found 'Clive Of India' to be rather dull. Partly because I've never quite got Ronald Colman's appeal. He always seemed to give the same performance no matter what film it was, though I admit he has a lovely voice. Perhaps I'm wrong but he never convinced me in a role, and certainly not in this one. There are a lot of characters but the only have brief roles except for Clive and his wife Margaret, played rather limply by Loretta Young. Their scenes together are just tedious.
By the end I thought, what was that film really about? The history was not done in depth and neither was Clive himself. What was the final take...errr, empires are good....?
By the end I thought, what was that film really about? The history was not done in depth and neither was Clive himself. What was the final take...errr, empires are good....?