The Long Ships (1963) Reviews

	James E.

4 out of  4  people found this review helpful

Gee, what a great movie! An action/adventure must-see from the 1960's.

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	James M.

2 out of  2  people found this review helpful

Vintage action flick. The acting was pretty lame in spots,as were the accents. But if you just sit back and pretend you're a kid at an old Saturday afternoon matinee, it's fun to watch

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	Sharon N.

2 out of  3  people found this review helpful

The story line was good, the continuity not so much. The acting was wooden. My husband watched it in it's entirety, while I dozed.

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	William P.

1 out of  2  people found this review helpful

This is one to skip. I thought it would be a good action flick. Instead I spent the petter part of the movie trying to figure out what was going on. I think there were flash backs in the movie, but the fact that I am not sure shows how lost I was. The special effects were really bad - about equal to 1930s Flash Gordon series. If you can watch this one without using the fast forward button, you are more tolerant than I am.

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	Ryan A.

1 out of  2  people found this review helpful

A combination of a silly screenplay, dull directing, and atrocious acting by Richard Widmark results in an excruciating movie experience that only a Viking-crazed kid could enjoy. Rampant sexism and an undertow of racism don't help either. The only watchable scenes are of a very young Sidney Poitier portraying a Moorish ruler with quiet intensity.

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	Mary scott K.

0 out of  1  people found this review helpful

This was a movie I saw over 40 years ago in the theatre and had fond memories. Sadly, this is not a good movie. I would mainly recommend it to gay movie goers as it is homoerotic. Sidney Poitier with a little richard pompadour is too much.

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	Thomas B.

0 out of  1  people found this review helpful

This was a very cheesy movie staring a 60 year old Richard Widmark as the son of a Viking shipbuilder. Unfortunately he looked 60 years old. Sidney Poitier as the Moorish leader also looked out of place. Pick up a copy of the Bedford Incident if you want to see these two great actors in a great movie or watch The Viking with Kurt Douglas which was made with a much bigger budget if you want to see a movie about Norsemen. Could a Viking ship travel all the way from Denmark through the maelstrom to The Pillars Of Hercules in North Africa to find the golden bell? This film has a little of everything including the drunken Viking orgy, the beautiful King's daughter, the beautiful Moorish leaders wife, and a harem of beautiful women. All of that plus the Mare of Steel and a great death scene at the end. No special features on the DVD except for previews of a couple of even worse Sinbad movies. Skip this one.

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