Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23670 in VHS
• Released on: 1998-09-01
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Formats: Black & White, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Running time: 85 minutes

Customer Reviews

Surprisingly Gripping First Adult Role For Elizabeth Taylor
Having only seen this film for the first time recently I was pleasantly surprised by its overraul quality and very good performances. Being a big Elizabeth Taylor fan I had read over the years how it was a "False start" for her in adult roles but really Elizabeth handles herself excellently in this very intriguing story of a young American bride in London finding out her new husband is not all he seems.

Based on the novel by Humphrey Slater, "Conspirator", has a storyline often used in previous tense marital thrillers however here it is shaped in a very gripping manner that keeps your attention, in particular in the later part of the film when Elizabeth learns the truth about who her husband actually is. The duck shooting scene in particular is very tense and gripping and the tense feel to this second half really earns the film mor estars in my book.
Elizabeth's performance once again reveals what a fine actress she was. Considering she was only 16 or so when she made this film she does an excellent job against the well honed skills of Robert Taylor. The film benefits greatly from the fine English supporting cast and the location photography in England.
The film is an early but worthy introduction to older roles for Elizabeth and with such triumphs as "Father of the Bride" and "A Place in the Sun" just around the corner she was set for a smooth transition from her child performing years into adult roles.
A good film to include in your collection, done with all the care typical of MGM of that time. Enjoy it!

For the first time since "Cynthia," Liz is queen of her own harem...
The film demonstrates that her acting was fresher, more spontaneous, and more compelling...

"Conspirator" was designed to guide Liz from young girl to woman in much the same way that "Cynthia" moved her from child to young girl... As the movie opens, she's the young American in London, worrying over being asked for a dance at a ball, and preoccupied with shopping sprees...

Like many of the parts she's played, her young lady here is a woman with nothing on her mind... Superficial, devil-may-care, Liz is yet a beguiling flirt; there's a particularly charming scene early in the film in which she chatters foolishly and at length in order to make less her fears of the dark...

The plot of the movie is to take her from frivolous girl to bruised but knowing young woman, and the change is effected, of course, by her relations with an attractive man...

After a whirlwind courtship, she marries a handsome British army major who's the answer to her schoolgirl notions of romance... With typical Taylor luck, her husband turns out to be a spy for the Russians... When she finally discovers his double life, she decides to turn him in... Her scene of momentous moral decision is unique: it's the only time in her career that romance is mixed with politics...

In its own simplistic way, "Conspirator" is a message movie (with excellent use of London's streets and parks...), and Liz, for a change, is a reasonable person, expressing dismay at her husband's duplicity and urging him to the greater rewards of loyalty to country... Liz is a patriot; as she says, she doesn't know much about politics, but, instinctively, she knows right from wrong and what her husband is doing is wrong...

As storm warning or political statement, "Conspirator" was Fifties naive... It was also, of course, Hollywood's response to the early Fifties Communist scare... The film was a firm warning that Communist sympathizers will end unhappily...

QUEEN ELIZABETH
I was stunned when I saw this film two days ago... The production values are alarmingly low and the script let the stars down. Elizabeth Taylor- in her frist adult role - struggles valiantly - and succeeds... It`s a shame her privatelife overshadows her great past.... She is a method actress and her warmth and choices makes me proud of her. Miss Taylor has the gift of letting us think acting is the easiest profession in the world.

I hail u the greatest movieactress of the last century:-)