
The title really gives the game away; you see, Valli isn't just playing
a fine actress but a deeply religious one as well and it's hardly a
mere coincidence that her only film role was playing a saint while
MacMurray's idea to have all the local church bells ring continuously
for three days and nights is both a tribute and a marketing ploy and if
there's anything good about the present picture it's MacMurray who rises
above the cloying sentimentality, proving once again he was one of the
most underrated actors in movies. Valli looks beautiful but is defeated
by the material. The real miracle is that the book sold and the movie
found some kind of audience.
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