Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Blistering performances.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

As someone working on creative and interesting plotting, I saw this intrigue movie as outstanding. I had to stay and watch just to find out who the 2-way spy was: was it Turner, was it Mature, oh my could it be Clark? I had no problem with the directing; I thought the last scene with Turner looking at Gable, searching his face for signs of hate or love was good.I had a problem with the one word title, although it was relevant; it did seem to point to one character as the good guy, so it was misleading if that was the intent. (I don't think this is a spoiler, let me know). I was glad the movie was in color; usually I prefer black and white on the older movies, however, the scenery et all was great in color.

This is a very enjoyable espionage drama, with lots of suspense and plot twists to keep the viewer wondering what's up. Victor Mature has a grand time playing a rowdy Dutch underground leader, with Clark Gable as a stalwart intelligence officer keeping a watchful eye on Lana Turner, whose loyalties are a bit suspect. Lots of familiar British character actors as spies and underground fighters. The highlight has got to be the inimitable Anton Diffring in an archetypal Nazi officer role, strutting into Turner's laboratory to ask sly questions and respond to her nervous answers with a smiling " Very interesting!" Worth seeing just for that scene alone.

"Betrayed", which marked the end of Clark Gable's association with MGM, is not one of his best films. Who knows what went on during the production of this movie, but don't look for the vibrant presence of Clark Gable here. For one thing, he appears to sleep walk throughout the picture. He seems tired and it's obvious he looks much older than what his character is supposed to be.The problem seems to be with the direction of Gottfried Reinhardt. The screen play by Ronald Millar and George Froeschel doesn't help the film either. In spite of the good locations where the movie was shot, the action, at times, seems ridiculous and makes no sense at all. By making Carla Van Oven impersonate someone else, how did the creators think she would get away with it?Lana Turner, who was in her thirties at the time the film was made, was made a brunette, which takes away from her natural blonde beauty. Vitor Mature is the only one that has the liveliest part in the movie as "The Scarf". Some excellent character actors are seen in "Betrayed", among them, Louis Calhern, O.E. Hasse, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Roland Culver, Nora Swinburne, and Ian Carmichael.The film appears to have been "betrayed" by the studio, that obviously didn't have too much hope for its success. As Blanche2 has pointed out in her comment, the stars, Clark Gable and Lana Turner, were the real losers as MGM didn't do anything to help them in making this a better film.

"Betrayed" stars Clark Gable in his last film for MGM, after which his contract was not renewed. I love the way these studios managed to forget the very people who made them great and kept them solvent during some hard years, but there you go. Gable deserved better for his last film - though it is beautifully photographed in color on location and has a star cast, he doesn't really have much of a role.With Gable is another star on unsure footing at MGM - Lana Turner, who by 1954 had committed the unforgivable sin of being over 30 and therefore on her way out as far as Dore Schary was concerned. Victor Mature and Louis Calhern round out the all-star cast. Turner, as the widowed Carla van Oven, is sent into Holland as a liaison between a resistance fighter, The Scarf (Mature) and the British. When it becomes apparent that someone is betraying the resistance, Deventer (Gable), who trained Carla and fell in love with her, begins to suspect she's spying for the Nazis.The story gets a little confusing but all in all, it's fairly routine stuff, and all these actors have appeared in stronger vehicles. It is lovely to look at, however. And Turner, as a brunette, looks beautiful and, though it's wartime, has some glamor moments as well. Gable at 53 was probably a little past it for his role, but he has a commanding presence. Mature does a good job as the wild resistance fighter.Clark Gable and Turner both gave MGM their best years. "Betrayed" turned out to be an apt title for both of them.