By Rapfogel, Jared The Furies Only a handful of filmmakers are qualified to deliver on the promise of a film entitled The Furies, but Anthony Mann was unquestionably one of them.

Of all the male stars from Hollywood's "Golden Age" in the 1930s, `40s and `50s, James Stewart may have been the most versatile. Yet while many modern moviegoers are familiar with Stewart from his late 1930s-early `40s comedies like "Mr.

As a visual work, thanks to director Anthony Mann's brilliant images and dynamic staging of scenes, and producer Samuel Bronston's spare-no-expenses approach to set and costume design, "The Fall of the Roman Empire" is splendid.