The Green Glove (1952)

A down on his luck ex-paratrooper (Glenn Ford) returns to France to recover a precious jeweled glove that had been stolen from a country church. During WWII, he encountered a Nazi collaborator (GeorgeMacready) who had the glove in his possession. Directed by Rudolph Mate (WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE) from an original screenplay by Charles Bennett. This routine thriller has the advantage of being shot on location in the South of France and Monaco by the great Claude Renoir (THE SPY WHO LOVED ME) but alas, it was shot in B&W thus reducing its glamour factor which it could have used a lot of. I don't think even Hitchcock could have made a silk purse out of this sow's ear even though there are many Hitchcockian elements in the movie which is not surprising considering Bennett wrote THE 39 STEPS for Hitch. Glenn Ford is rather anemic as the returning G.I. and the film's female lead Geraldine Brooks lacks the "oomph" factor. I wasn't bored, I'll give it that. With Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Gaby Andre and Jany Holt.