For many, the worst movie ever to take home a Best Picture Oscar, but you'll never prove it by me. The circus acts do drag on, but the sight of Jimmy Stewart as a sawbones, wrongfully accused of murder and hiding beneath clown makeup for the entire picture, is infinitely more fascinating than Forrest Gump or any of David Lean's coffee table movies. One wonders how much better the film might have been had Betty Hutton not slimmed down according to Cecil B. DeMille's strict instructions and the female lead had gone to Marlene Dietrich. The climatic train wreck alone — a marvel of Hollywood miniature work — is worth the price of admission. With Charlton Heston, Cornel Wilde, Gloria Grahame, and Emmett Kelly. (1952) — Scott Marks
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