Anthony Quinn helps family fleeing the Nazi's cross the Pyrenees. James Mason is the father and Malcolm McDowell the SS maniac hunting them down. There's also a cameo from Christopher Lee.... with a cast like that you can't go wrong, right? Well sadly you can go very wrong. McDowell is just shockingly bad in this film, his Nazi character is the most clichéd and laughable depiction of a SS chief I've ever seen, Quinn & Mason were blatantly just picking up the pay cheque and the direction and production is so shoddy you don't even get to enjoy the spectacular scenery. Little wonder it's a forgotten relic. McDowell even dons a pair of underpants with a swastika emblazoned on the front. Yes it's THAT bad.
Review of The Passage
