Approved | 1h 44min | Action, Adventure, History | 1952
Over the years, I’ve become a big fan of Gregory Peck’s work. He’s a very versatile actor that I’ve always associated with dramatic character-driven film roles, such as the gentlemanly out-of-towner James McKay in the magnificent Western “The Big Country (1958),” or the brooding bad boy-trying-to-go-straight Jimmy Ringo in “The Gunfighter (1950).”
But when I think of comedy, I never really identify films of that nature with Peck. That is until I recently saw the swashbuckling seaborne adventure yarn, “The World in His Arms.” Directed by celebrated director Raoul Walsh (the man responsible for introducing John Wayne to the world in 1930’s “The Big Trail”), this movie has one of the most hilarious first acts I’ve ever seen, and Peck’s impeccable (pun intended) comedic flourishes are a huge part of it….