The Long Ships 1964

Howard Thompson, New York Times: A hollow movie and a loud one - but it moves. Read more

TIME Magazine: Has impossible acting, a preposterous script, some eminently seeworthy ship reconstructions, and more enjoyable bloody foolishness than many an epic costing three times as much. Read more

Trevor Johnston, Time Out: Awful international Technirama hodge-podge, adapted from a novel by Frank G Bengtsson, in which the Vikings wrestle with the Moors to lay hands on the legendary Golden Bell of St James (rather an anti-climax when it finally appears). Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Any attempt to put this into the epic class falls down because of a hodge-podge of a storyline, a mixture of styles and insufficient development of characterization. Read more

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