THE PRISONER OF ZENDA -- the '50s Stewart Granger version was a straight technicolor version of the '30s black-and-white Ronald Colman version, which in turn was a remake of the '20s silent version with Lewis Stone and Ramon Navarro. Like MALTESE FALCON, this was the rarity in which the Colman version was infinitely better than its predecessor.
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Nicolas Cage turns in one of his typically subtle performances
Will the persecution never end?
THE PRISONER OF ZENDA -- the '50s Stewart Granger version was a straight technicolor version of the '30s black-and-white Ronald Colman version, which in turn was a remake of the '20s silent version with Lewis Stone and Ramon Navarro. Like MALTESE FALCON, this was the rarity in which the Colman version was infinitely better than its predecessor.
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