I completely agree. Heston’s son falling in love with a Japanese girl made it much worse.
I just couldn’t stand the Heston version. Blechhh...
***Heston’s son falling in love with a Japanese girl made it much worse.***
You have to have some “love interest” in it to keep your date happy.
Why do you think so many movies of that time had a woman written into what was an all male script.
Guns of Navarone comes to mind. No women in the book, but are in the movie.