Never Let Me Go (1953)

An American journalist (Clark Gable) marries a Russian ballerina (Gene Tierney) but when he leaves for the United States, the Soviets refuse to let his wife accompany him and refuse him entry back to the Soviet Union. He then conceives a daring plan to sneak back into Russia and help his wife escape. Directed by Delmer Daves (A SUMMER PLACE), this is a rather lackluster romance which isn't helped by the lack of chemistry between Gable and Tierney. The film does whip up some tension during its last twenty minutes during the escape with much of the dialogue in Russian with no English subtitles thus leaving us unsure of what is going on. Gable is, well, Gable but Tierney is quite touching and she does a credible Russian accent though it's obvious she has a dance double for the ballet sequences. Not surprisingly considering the time in which it was filmed, the Russians are portrayed unfavorably. Filmed in Great Britain, the movie takes advantage of the Cornwall coast during its English section. With Kenneth More, Richard Haydn, Bernard Miles, Theodore Bikel, Belita, Karel Stepanek, Anna Valentina and Anton Diffring.