On the RTÉ website about his life and connections here (Haughey made him an Irish citizen). Reckon I've seen more movies from this director than most people have so I'm going to say something terrible: he was overrated! Made lots of good stuff (a few in Ireland) but not many great ones. Some of his films were dire: Barbarian and the geisha (John Wayne's worst picture), List of Adrian Messenger (stupid movie with everyone disguised in bad makeup), and Kremlin letter - all badly dated before they even got released. Even his famous ones from the 1940s are not as impressive as other similar titles from that era. Better directors made similar but darker films. Still, he kept going and has an impressive filmography mainly from the 1970s. The two Huston films I really like are the little-seen: A walk with love and death and the famous Red badge of courage.
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One of those movies that gets hyped before release and then everyone would rather forget. Irish chick flick that does what's expected an...
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