Flesh And The Woman

Typical genre picture about attorney Pascal joining the French Foreign Legion to forget mistress Lollobrigida. One day he sees a local beauty who is his former mistress' double. An amnesia victim, she knows little about her past life, and Pascal tries to rekindle what once was with this newfound woman. His old mistress turns up and sends the double away. The film ends with Pascal returning to the Legion once more. The photography does wonders with the scenery and Lollobrigida but can't eliminate the cliches and coincidences within the story. The direction is competent, but the stereotyped characters are given little room to develop. The Foreign Legion scenes serve ...