Perfect cast and a good story

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Picture would have been better with the original casting - Gregory Peck, Richard Widmark and Ava Gardner - although Gable is quite believable.Scenery and locations are great, and add a lot to the film. I wish there were more languages spoken, with sub-titles or perhaps a fade to English after the nationality has been determined.Is any of this based on a true story? And it seems that if this was filmed just nine years after the end of the war, there would be more bombing ruins. I know when we lived in England and travelled throughout Europe during 1964 and 1965, we still saw signs of the destruction everywhere. Especially in the small villages and countryside.Strange to say, West Germany looked the most recovered and the young soldiers I spoke with in the huge Munich Biergärten said, "Just wait, we will all be one Germany again soon."

I usually have a soft spot for these old WWII based films. After watching this one I think I'll be more selective on the next ones I wanna watch.As far as a plot point goes it's not too bad. Decent idea hatched but the execution was...well...just not too good. Trying to figure out who's the traitor is pretty easy. When the scene comes up where "The Scarf's" mother gets her head shaved for bein with a German, after that its all downhill from there. The acting wasn't bad at all but the script needed a serious re-working.I think even worse is some of the audio dubbing. It's laughable in some scenes. I can think of 1 scene where 2 characters are outside and the soundtrack they speak is clearly in a studio environment. It's just too funny.If you have to watch any and everything Clark Gable ever did then watch this, if not, skip this one and don't think twice about it.

As a war movie,"betrayed" leaves a lot to be desired and Victor Mature as a Dutch is perhaps not the right choice.Actually the film is more a whodunit than a film about the resistant fighters in Netherlands and their relations with their allies in London.The main question is:which of the two suspects,the gorgeous spy with a racy past (Lana turner) or the local hero "the scarf"(Mature) is betraying his/her comrades?Clark Gable becomes some kind of Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot :finally the identity of the traitor makes sense.Another flaw is the weakness of the supporting characters:we would like to know more about the young hero and his grandma,about the Scarf's brother and mother .We do not feel the humiliation of the occupied country except for the short scene when the young resistant is asked by the music teacher to remove the picture of Queen Wilhemine .Like this? try these....."the counterfeit traitor" George Seaton "the two-headed spy" Andre de Toth

"Betrayed" stars Clark Gable in his last film for MGM, after which his contract was not renewed. I love the way these studios managed to forget the very people who made them great and kept them solvent during some hard years, but there you go. Gable deserved better for his last film - though it is beautifully photographed in color on location and has a star cast, he doesn't really have much of a role.With Gable is another star on unsure footing at MGM - Lana Turner, who by 1954 had committed the unforgivable sin of being over 30 and therefore on her way out as far as Dore Schary was concerned. Victor Mature and Louis Calhern round out the all-star cast. Turner, as the widowed Carla van Oven, is sent into Holland as a liaison between a resistance fighter, The Scarf (Mature) and the British. When it becomes apparent that someone is betraying the resistance, Deventer (Gable), who trained Carla and fell in love with her, begins to suspect she's spying for the Nazis.The story gets a little confusing but all in all, it's fairly routine stuff, and all these actors have appeared in stronger vehicles. It is lovely to look at, however. And Turner, as a brunette, looks beautiful and, though it's wartime, has some glamor moments as well. Gable at 53 was probably a little past it for his role, but he has a commanding presence. Mature does a good job as the wild resistance fighter.Clark Gable and Turner both gave MGM their best years. "Betrayed" turned out to be an apt title for both of them.