Monday, June 2, 2025

Musing!


Gianna Maria Canale in THE WARRIOR AND THE SLAVE GIRL (1958) 

Personally, I love the movie's production, cast, etc. The story? Meh. It's not a compelling story. The direction, by Vittorio Cottafavi, is better than the script. The storyline, of her character poisoning a kid, was really bad. It made her character unredeemable.  Gianna was eventually typecast playing evil characters after this role.  Aside from a couple of titles, she appeared in a string of movies as the bad girl. It's a shame because she was such a good actress and could play other types of roles.

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