How an Overlooked British Classic Boasted Sean Connery’s Finest Performance – Den of Geek

Indeed, there’s a remarkable lack of vanity throughout Connery’s performance. Forgoing the hair piece on which he relied as Bond, his receding hairline is on prominent display, and the screenplay provides little opportunity for his characteristic swagger. The anti-heroic Trooper Roberts is stripped of Connery’s usual physicality and sex appeal, allowing him to stretch his legs as an actor into moments of moral complexity and weakness.
A crucial such episode arrives in the final act of the film…

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