Develiker terrible... so disappointed.

StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

vincentlynch-moonoi Clark Gable and Lana Turner were great together -- at least in their previous pairings. Perhaps here, Gable was getting just a bit too old play a spy, although in WWII, any such thing was possible. And then, this is Turner as a brunette, which I found very distracting (not to mention her unconvincing lip syncing). It's not a bad film, but it's also not of the caliber of "Honkey Tonk", "Homecoming", or "Somewhere I'll Find You".The supporting cast is strong -- Victor Mature, Louis Calhern, Wilfrid Hyde-White, and Theodore Bikel -- though none of them have strong parts. This film is all about Gable and Turner.So, while this is not my favorite Gable film -- and I do prefer him as he matured -- it's not bad...I usually don't enjoy war films at all, and this did hold my attention reasonable well...although Turner was perhaps not the most logical female spy. Ah well...perhaps that makes it a bit more interesting. But, if three Gable-Turner films worked well, a fourth would also. Right? Well...not quite.

fedor8 Am I getting senile? Is this what Alzheimer feels like? It was hard to follow this movie - and I mean a mere silly little 50s movie at that. For a while there I thought I was losing my mind, or that someone slipped a drug into my drink, or something or other. Scenes seem to be randomly attached for the most part.This old-school cheese also features three leads who all act as if in different genres. Lana Turner thinks she's in a soaper, over-acting her way through this thing with the pathos of one hundred King Kong blonds. She maintains only one facial expression and that's one of a tortured soul, selflessly risking her life for the common good, always with that warm-hearted, worried look: so annoying. Nevermind the fact that her seedy past in no way shape or form fits this kind of behaviour. (We're talking comic-book-like characterization here.) Victor Immature, as childish as ever, lends some much-unneeded lack of seriousness to the proceedings. He must have thought he was filming a broad comedy, grinning like a moron, being as animated as as a pair of breasts in a porn film. Sometimes he was so over-the-top that I half-expected him to impersonate an ape by climbing a telephone poll... Seriously, they should have given him a couple of bananas; that might have helped calm him down a bit, because his thespianism is out of control. Only Clark Gable plays it like it should be played, namely as spy drama requires it.The plot-twist about Victor Immature having become a traitor is okay. What isn't okay is that he became one because they shaved his Mommy's head! That's a bit lame, isn't it?... One would think that double agents and traitors were in it for the money, and occasionally perhaps for idealistic reason, too, but not because their Moms had been turned into skinheads. Besides, we never find out why his mother is suspected of being a Nazi accomplice. Also absurd was having an experienced, competent agent such as Gable hiring a woman who judging by her past couldn't be trusted with keeping a banana away from Victor, let alone a secret.The movie is visually great, but one thing that did bother me regarding appearances is that Gable and Turner had practically the same hair-style! Lana has never looked worse, thanks to the crappy, short-haired, brunette look that some demented producer or insane hair-stylist cooked up here...Someone here complained about the American accents. I disagree. It's the lesser of two evils. Or do some people in all earnestness think that the actors here should have lent even more of a cheese factor to this somewhat hokey movie by sounding laughable, doing unconvincing Dutch accents?

ragosaal "Betrayed!" is just a bit above average World War II film in the espionage genre. Even though I can't help watching it every once in a while I'm not really sure where its attraction is for me. Perhaps it is that I like World War II espionage films and so I don't get too demanding with movies that deal with such matters.Considering that in my opinion this product has an interesting story about courage, love and mainly treason, lots of action sequences, beautiful outdoor locations in Holland and two important stars in the male and female leading roles (Clark Gable and Lana Turner) I must agree with one reviewer here that thinks the flaw is in the direction work. Gottfied Reinhardt was a not very prolific and average director whose best work was probably the interesting "Town Without Pity" (1961). In "Betrayed!" he doesn't succeed with a movie that had chances of delivering more impact and strength; none of the main actors look too enthusiastic about their characters and it shows.Gable doesn't add much to his brilliant career in his role as a Dutch intelligence officer though his impressive screen presence always helps him. Lana Turner looks beautiful as a brunette in spite of the just standard performance she delivers as an infiltrated spy for the allies. Victor Mature as a partisan chief ("Scarf") is the only one that shoes interest in what he is doing as usual, but he also overacts terribly as usual. Anton Diffring is also there in one of his nasty Nazi officer roles he played so well.My feeling about "Betrayed!" is that a better film could have been made with a more strong and imaginative directors, but as it came out this picture is just for fans of the genre.

jotix100 "Betrayed", which marked the end of Clark Gable's association with MGM, is not one of his best films. Who knows what went on during the production of this movie, but don't look for the vibrant presence of Clark Gable here. For one thing, he appears to sleep walk throughout the picture. He seems tired and it's obvious he looks much older than what his character is supposed to be.The problem seems to be with the direction of Gottfried Reinhardt. The screen play by Ronald Millar and George Froeschel doesn't help the film either. In spite of the good locations where the movie was shot, the action, at times, seems ridiculous and makes no sense at all. By making Carla Van Oven impersonate someone else, how did the creators think she would get away with it?Lana Turner, who was in her thirties at the time the film was made, was made a brunette, which takes away from her natural blonde beauty. Vitor Mature is the only one that has the liveliest part in the movie as "The Scarf". Some excellent character actors are seen in "Betrayed", among them, Louis Calhern, O.E. Hasse, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Roland Culver, Nora Swinburne, and Ian Carmichael.The film appears to have been "betrayed" by the studio, that obviously didn't have too much hope for its success. As Blanche2 has pointed out in her comment, the stars, Clark Gable and Lana Turner, were the real losers as MGM didn't do anything to help them in making this a better film.