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Legend of the Lost (1957)
Almost a Classic Tragedy
6 May 2019 - 2 out of 3 users found this review helpful.
Three main characters - Joe January (Wayne) a rough, hard-drinking ne'er-do-well guide (antagonist); Dita (Loren) - a beautiful prostitute/pickpocket; and 3) Paul Bonnard (Brazzi), a Frenchman searching for treasure of a lost city in order to do good for mankind (protagonist). Joe, who initially sneers at Bonnard, eventually comes to admire him. Bonnard treats Dita as human. But Bonnard has a tragic flaw - he has modeled himself on his father, and when he finds his father had feet of clay, he self-destructs. Antagonist and protagonist change places in the X (chi) formula of Greek tragedy roughly halfway through the movie.
Decent script and good acting, although as another reviewer mentions, Wayne and Loren lack chemistry.
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