Film Preview – Bognor Regis Observer – Saturday, 05 July 1952

PAVILION, SELSEY. A POWERFUL romantic drama. R.K.O. Radio's "WALK SOFTLY, STRANGER," starring Joseph Cotten and Valli, comes to the Pavilion, Selsey, for the first three days of next week with "THE TATTOOED STRANGER." In "Walk Softly, Stranger," Cotten stands out in the role of a clever gambler who works out a plan to make one last killing and then retire, while Valli is cast as a beautiful but lonely girl, a hopeless invalid as the result of a ski-ing accident. When the two meet by chance, their loneliness and disillusionment with life draw them together. As this attraction they feel for one another ripens into romance, the striking drama moves to a tense and brilliantly handled climax. Both Cotten and Valli are excellent, and the featured players, Spring Byington, Paul Stewart. Jack Parr and Frank Publia, all turn in commendable performances. For the second half of the week, "NO HIGHWAY" is the attraction with "THE PERFECT SNOB." "No Highway," which contains such top-line stars as James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Glynis Johns and Jack Hawkins, tells of an absent-minded, untidy research worker (J. Stewart) at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, who has become something of a joke among his fellow scientists. He is conducting an elaborate experiment to prove that the tail-plane of a Reindeer, the type of airliner operating the Atlantic passenger service, will disintegrate under strain after 1,400 hours flying. When sent to investigate the remains of a crashed plane he is horrified to find he is in a Reindeer which has nearly completed its 1.400 hours. There is a happy sequel, however, completed by the promise of an air hostess (Glynis Johns) to marry him.