Hollywood needs to get back to the basics
Pretty much all the other reviews cover this movie extremely well. It is one of Hollywood's great films. It's a shame that "Around the World in 80 Days" took the best picture Oscar that year instead of this movie. I would love to see a remake... Pierce Brosnan in Cary Grant's role, Mark Anthony in Frank's role, and Sophia? Who else but J Lo.

Large cast, big cannon...good story....
One never forgets a good movie, and this is one of them. Saw this movie
many many years ago a couple of times and was is ever sweet. There is something about having large casts that makes the movie better. I dont
like movies which the whole movie ueses 1 or 2 sets. This movie moves you
across the country with great scenery and great actors of that time.
Some say they were miscast, i say if you did'nt know who they were, you
did'nt care...but you did care about that big cannon and where it was
trying to go. Like i said..big adventure big cannon, big satisfaction.
Not for everybody i guess.. but sure is great for me.
Good for a lifetime keeper.

Great music as well.
I originally bought this title to listen to the musical score composed by George Antheil, the self-proclaimed "bad boy of music." His early works such as his Ballet Mechanique ruffled feathers with its airplane propellers on stage along with an army of pianos and percussionists. But his symphonies and film scores (a necessary task to keep food on the table for many American composers or the era) reflect none of the defiance in other works. A fabulous score. Listen also to the musical score he did for "The Plainsman," also available from Amazon. The plot of the story is well described above. The use of some many extras is impressive and the scenes of Spanish Holy Week are epic. Ignore the criticisms about "bad accents," etc. and just enjoy the movie -a great buy.

The Pride and the Passion- Satisfies the Passion for Films
What's not to like about a movie that has some good elements. Good Stars, (Stars from the past era, before everyone was a "Super Star"), Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Frank Sinatra, A cast of Thousands,(really)and a monumental task for the heroes to do. I know a lot of people will say that it may not be the best plot, or in light of the current special effects the "coolest" CG., but it is very entertaining. I know movie critics of the time it was released did not care for it, but sometimes movie critics care more for you liking them and how they write then the movies they review. The story line is simple, War between Spain and France. Spain had a huge cannon that they made for the War and it is abandoned during a battle. France knows the cannon is somewhere and wants it, the British know there is a big cannon somewhere and they want it. The Spanish rebels know there is a big cannon, know where it is but don't care.
They don't care, until Cary Grant shows up wanting the cannon for the British. Well Frank (the head of the Rebels) Knows where it is. Frank has another plan for the cannon...ah the plot thickens. Well Cary know how to fire it, and Frank wants it for his purpose. Sophia? well she is the glue between the characters and convices them to work together. Can't think of a better motovator! She has a cause, she has leaders ear, she...well she has Cary's attention! She looks so sexy and lovely that it is hard for Cary and us to not have our attention. So a deal is struck. Cary helps them, then they help him get the cannon to where he wants later. Cary Grant always looks great. No exception to the rule here. Handsome as ever, dashing even in his British uniform, and as usual some humor thrown in. He is always the "Hollywood Star" quality. Does not have to say anything sometimes, just is. Frank as a Spanish speaker...hummm not perfect, but who cares he makes you like the charater...tough guy...but has the heroic "cause", and as always his own sex appeal and star quality that is unmistakeable. Sophia what's not to like. She looks good, she is dripping with sexuality, but has a strong female charater...she makes the guys do what she wants, and makes them want her, and respect her...what not to like about the charater. She is the spark and the glue that drive them on and settles the quarrels. And as you guessed it's a love triangle. Find another movies that has those elements. We want them to succeed. We want them to all be together. We marvel at the "huge" cannon...will they fail, will the big gun perform (Adults add their own side story line), and will the guys get the girl...humm which guy gets her... hummm? The last element is "how the He... did they drag that big prop around the country side without killing the extras!! The box claims that this is the largest group of extras used on a film in a foreign contry...I'm not sure if that is true but it certainly looks like it. Whew! Great Cinemaphotography, great sound, restored picture. Entertaining. (some may find long but it is an epic story) I got so hooked the first time I saw this on the little screen, now I enjoyed it more on my HD LCD 32" screen so much more...still hooked me...who cares it's a tad long....longer looks at the great stars!

An adventure spectacle in praise of will over all obstacles!
It is 1810... The French legions of Napoleon smash across Spain...

Captain Anthony Trumbull (Cary Grant) is ordered to retrieve a giant seven tons cannon, abandoned by the crushed and bleeding Spanish army in their retreat in one of the darkest page of nation's history...

The handsome officer wants to transport it to the British lines, but when he meets Miguel (Frank Sinatra), the Spanish peasant leader of the Guerilla forces, Trumbull is forced to amend his ideas...

Miguel has more direct plans... He sees in the huge gun a chance for victory... He enlists the aid of the Spanish people in raising the tremendous cannon from a deep ravine, and moves it over hill, dale, river, and mud to the walled city of Avila...

During the arduous odyssey, Stolid Trumbull falls in love with Miguel's fiery mistress Juana (Sophia Loren). The desperate men were sacrificing everything for their love of country... Blood, sweat, tears and toil as they pushed, pulled, dragged, and strained the big gun halfway across Spain... But with the remarkable gun, the only symbol of resistance left in Spain, going on before them, made them feel no longer a mere band of Spanish irregulars, but a besieging army... They can fight now for what they believe, and break the French in the field...

With a certain dislike to the Englishman's guts, Miguel sees himself forced to accept Trumbull's instructions, being the only man around who knows how to fire the cannon... Trumbull makes all the necessary repairs to the awesome weapon, and blows up the walls of the fortress city...

Kramer's movie echoes Sam Wood's 'For Whom the Bells Tolls.' Although the characters in the film, made from Ernest Hemingway modern classic, were better drawn and motivated... 'The Pride and the Passion' is far superior visually...

Blended to the passionate sound of the guitars, the voice of a singer, and the rhythmic hand claps of the patriots, Sophia provides with grace and posture a spontaneous flamenco dance...

Epic in scope, with a cast of thousands, and with ocean of tents, stacked rifles, regimental banners, batteries of cannon, rows of cavalry horses and artillery mules, massed troops, "The Pride and the Passion," is an adventure spectacle in praise of will over all obstacles...

The film opens with a spectacular sequence of the Spanish army retreating in defeat, battle torn and dissolute...