"Rum Runners" could be taken as an experiment: is it possible to make an 80-minute film with apparently no script at all? Well, it is possible....that doesn't mean it is desirable, though. Virtually nothing happens in this movie. I don't mean nothing interesting, I mean NOTHING. Lino Ventura is a likable actor, and Brigitte Bardot still looks great in one of her last screen appearances, but they are both defeated by this non-existence of a script. Bardot has an unusual introduction - projected on a theater screen as a silent-film star - but has little to do from that point on. What's more, the film has fallen into public domain, which means that if you do find a copy it will probably be dubbed, cropped, and faded in color. Don't go out of your way to search for a copy, in any case. * out of 4.
Review of Rum Runners
